GOLD
When 19-year-old Frankie inherits her late grandfather’s little black book, she goes on a cross-country road trip to meet his mistresses. As she and her college bestie travel across the United States and through decades of her family’s secret history, she learns not just who her grandfather truly was…but also a key to her own identity. GOLD is a funny and relatable drama about what we leave behind.
And also, some psychedelic dinosaurs.
And also, some psychedelic dinosaurs.
ANNEX THEATRE
Written by Marcus Gorman
Directed by Jasmine Joshua
January 17-February 8, 2025
Seattle, WA
Written by Marcus Gorman
Directed by Jasmine Joshua
January 17-February 8, 2025
Seattle, WA
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CAST
Frankie – Rebekah Nachman Mona – Megan Huynh Charlie – Graham Arthur Blair Daniel – Dan Posluns Lily – Courtney Morales The Women – Sophie J. Sen Workshopped at the 2022 PPF 18th & Union, Seattle, WA September 2022 "First Draft' Staged Reading Edmonds Driftwood Players, Edmonds, WA April 2024 |
CREW Dramaturg – L. Nicol Cabe Associate Director – Vincent Milay Stage Manager – Kristin Brown Scenic Designer – Bella Rivera Costume Designer – Kacey Kamps Lighting Designer – Jacob Viramontes Sound Designer – Josh Valdez Projections Designer – Max Irvine Choreographer – Flossy Beatrice Props Designer – Charlie Harding Morrison |
PRESS for GOLD
Read my interview with the Seattle Times!
"The play strikes a fine balance between heavy and lighthearted, atoning for each deep-cutting revelation with a mushroom-fueled dinosaur dance party or a Chappell Roan singalong break...
What I found so satisfying about Gold was its earnest depiction of grief as a complicated emotion composed of sadness, stress, and yes, relief...
Despite its fun, borderline absurdist veneer, Gold offers an unflinching look at the ugliness and disruptiveness of mourning. And while the journey answers many of Frankie’s questions, they’re not necessarily the ones she was asking.
Gold is a playful twisting of the knife, grinning as it makes you bleed."
-- Izzy Christman, The Evergreen Echo
What I found so satisfying about Gold was its earnest depiction of grief as a complicated emotion composed of sadness, stress, and yes, relief...
Despite its fun, borderline absurdist veneer, Gold offers an unflinching look at the ugliness and disruptiveness of mourning. And while the journey answers many of Frankie’s questions, they’re not necessarily the ones she was asking.
Gold is a playful twisting of the knife, grinning as it makes you bleed."
-- Izzy Christman, The Evergreen Echo
"In the arts, generational trauma feels like it’s having a big moment. From movies like Everything Everywhere All At Once, Turning Red, and Encanto, to the novels of Celeste Ng and Min Jin Lee, to works by playwrights Jeremy O. Harris, Dominique Morisseau, and James Ijames, it feels like a lot of metaphorical chickens are coming home to roost in our collective consciousness.
Marcus Gorman’s new work, Gold: A True-ish Jewish Story, on stage now at Capitol Hill’s Annex Theatre, joins the conversation, taking a semi-comic look at how the sins of the father (or in this case, grandfather) are worked out by the next generation. And the next, and the next…
It’s intriguing to finally have at least some scientific evidence for what we’ve been expressing in our art for eons, that sense that we literally carry the pain and suffering of our ancestors around with us. Gold tempers that academic bent with a certain welcome practicality: even if we carry the past with us, we still have to live in the here and now, so we’d better figure out how to make it work."
-- Jill Farrington Sweeney, NW Theatre
Marcus Gorman’s new work, Gold: A True-ish Jewish Story, on stage now at Capitol Hill’s Annex Theatre, joins the conversation, taking a semi-comic look at how the sins of the father (or in this case, grandfather) are worked out by the next generation. And the next, and the next…
It’s intriguing to finally have at least some scientific evidence for what we’ve been expressing in our art for eons, that sense that we literally carry the pain and suffering of our ancestors around with us. Gold tempers that academic bent with a certain welcome practicality: even if we carry the past with us, we still have to live in the here and now, so we’d better figure out how to make it work."
-- Jill Farrington Sweeney, NW Theatre
"One of the top shows I've seen at Annex in the last ten years."
-- Roger Tang, Executive Director of Pork Filled Players
"This play was gold; it was such a wholesome read. It contains comedic relief, thrills, adventure, and drama all packed into it. The flashbacks and memories were very well integrated with the present in these scenes. The play was engaging and never slipped away from keeping us hooked on it."
-- ScreenCraft
"Clever, charming, and really, really funny."
-- Hot Springs Competition
"I really appreciate the parallel between the style of the piece and the ethereal nature of memory, how it moves in and out seamlessly."
-- The Bechdel Group
-- Roger Tang, Executive Director of Pork Filled Players
"This play was gold; it was such a wholesome read. It contains comedic relief, thrills, adventure, and drama all packed into it. The flashbacks and memories were very well integrated with the present in these scenes. The play was engaging and never slipped away from keeping us hooked on it."
-- ScreenCraft
"Clever, charming, and really, really funny."
-- Hot Springs Competition
"I really appreciate the parallel between the style of the piece and the ethereal nature of memory, how it moves in and out seamlessly."
-- The Bechdel Group
AWARDS
Semifinalist
2024 Distillery New Works Reading Series
Macha Theatre Works
Best New Play Quarterfinalist
2023 Screencraft Stage Play Contest
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
2022 Brno Film Festival
Best Feature Screenplay
2022 Queensland Independent Film Festival
Best Feature Screenplay 2nd Place
2022 Hot Springs Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Top 20 Finalist
2022 San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Top 10 Finalist
2021 Boston Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2023 Screenplay Festival
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2022 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2022 Sunvale Screenplay Contest
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2021 Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2021 NYC International Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
2021 Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
2022 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
Best Feature Screenplay Official Selection
2022 New York Script Awards
2024 Distillery New Works Reading Series
Macha Theatre Works
Best New Play Quarterfinalist
2023 Screencraft Stage Play Contest
Best LGBTQ Screenplay
2022 Brno Film Festival
Best Feature Screenplay
2022 Queensland Independent Film Festival
Best Feature Screenplay 2nd Place
2022 Hot Springs Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Top 20 Finalist
2022 San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Top 10 Finalist
2021 Boston Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2023 Screenplay Festival
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2022 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2022 Sunvale Screenplay Contest
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2021 Atlanta Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Semifinalist
2021 NYC International Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
2021 Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards
Best Feature Screenplay Quarterfinalist
2022 Inroads Screenwriting Fellowship
Best Feature Screenplay Official Selection
2022 New York Script Awards
