Circle City New Play Fest: Time and Sarah

Written by Merri Biechler

Tim and Sarah are outsiders. They may have moved into the old farmhouse in the holler, but in southeast Ohio, in the Appalachians, they are still strangers. Tim is desperate to win over the community so he can complete his scholarly magnum opus – collecting all twenty squares of the Appalachian Lost Memory Quilt. Sarah is not so sure, about winning over the community or what she wants from life. Merri Biechler’s play, inspired by true events, asks what it means to become part of a community. And it also asks what we give up when we do so.

Merri Biechler is a playwright, actor, educator, and the Managing Director of Brick Monkey Theater Ensemble, a professional theater company located in Southeast Ohio. She is the recipient of a 2014 Boomerang Fund for Artists award. Her plays include Tammy Faye’s Final Audition, Occupation, An Appalachian Christmas Carol, and Real Girls Can’t Win. She received her MFA in playwriting from Ohio University.

Part of Circle City New Play Fest. 3 days. 4 new plays. Staged readings. Playwrights from across the country. Indy actors. Indy audiences.

The Circle City New Play Fest is produced by Bo Frazier and KT Peterson in association with The Geeky Press and Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis.