Going Wild by Peter Snoad

Performed by:
Artes de la Rosa
Synopsis:
Small-town librarian Meredith Stafford and her husband Beau are losing the struggle for the perfect lawn. Invasive weeds and pesky moles have made an unholy mess of their front yard. Meredith decides to “go wild," replacing the decimated lawn with a “natural” landscape. When she’s fined for violating a local lawn ordinance, she’s incensed: their son gave his life in Iraq to defend their rights and freedoms, and this is an insult to his memory. As the "going wild" becomes a national movement amid legal battles, threats from a multinational corporation, corrupt politicians, and viral social media posts will Meredith and Beau save their garden?
About the Playwright:
Peter Snoad is a British-American playwright and recovering actor based in Boston, Massachusetts. His work has been produced throughout the U.S. and in Canada, the U.K., Australia, and Singapore. Peter’s award-winning plays include: Seeing Violet (Pestalozzi Prize, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA); Guided Tour (Stanley Drama Award, Wagner College, NY and the Arthur W. Stone New Play Award, Louisiana Tech University); Now What? (Winner, Rising Artists Play Competition, Southwest Theatre Productions, Austin, TX); Identity Crisis (Winner, New Play Festival, Centre Stage, Greenville, SC); The Draft (Best Ensemble, ArtsImpulse Award, Boston, MA and Finalist, Best New Work (Small Stage), Independent Reviewers of New England); Orbiting Mars (Winner, New Play Contest, Santa Cruz Actors Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA); Perfect Strangers (Winner, International Short Play Contest, Stratford Fringe, Stratford-Upon-Avon, U.K.); and The Growing Stone (Finalist, Detroit New Works Festival, Outvisible Theater, Detroit, MI). Other honors include a two-year Visiting Playwright residency at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury, MA, and writing fellowships from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. www.petersnoad.com
About Original Works Series program:
The Original Works Series program creates opportunities for new and emerging playwrights to showcase their work. It has grown exponentially over the years, highlighting the need for opportunities for playwrights. Each year, eight selected scripts are selected to receive a live reading. Those live readings are performed by North Texas theater groups and presented by Arts Fort Worth. From those selected scripts, a panel of theater professionals select one submission to become a fully staged production presented Arts Fort Worth in partnership with other North Texas theater groups, producing more opportunities for theater technicians, performers, and directors. Learn more at artsfortworth.org/original-works-series