"I have had a great experience. I could be really honest with him about my own process and he was very supportive with whatever I needed. He was there with me every step of the way."
Deb Eberle (NRP's 2021 playwright and creator of WITHOUT A MAP)
FEEDBACK HIGHLIGHTS
The online reading for WITHOUT A MAP received the following comments in its talkback session:
“Amazing work! Incredible actors. Fabulous debut directing. Really works on Zoom. Fantastic script."
"[WITHOUT A MAP]'s a strong title for sure and it encompasses the whole journey all the way through to the end. [...] I think we all need therapy after that.”
“A play about how complicated family relationships are and how you never really know everything about people...even the ones you live with.”
“It was very believable because it sounds like the kind of conversations -- the back and forth and just randomness -- that I have with my own siblings.”
“When the big secret was revealed, leading up to it, my jaw just dropped open -- I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. It was definitely a shock.”
"It’s an amazingly intricate script."
“Something like this can’t be tied up in a perfect little bow. You can’t, and that’s life. That is actual fucking life. That’s real. I love it.”
Deborah Eberle spent 17 years as an English teacher in Sullivan County, TN. Lately she has also taught in Buckland, AK, and in a behavioral health facility in Knoxville, TN. She has written for family and friends over the years, but this is her first time working in any sort of mentorship program. She currently works as a Dean of Students in Kotzebue, AK.
WITHOUT A MAP
by Deb Eberle
WITHOUT A MAP is a drama about two siblings who are dealing with the death of their mother while also sharing childhood memories. Throughout the course of the play, each sibling reveals events from their childhood the other did not know about. This play explores family relationships and how secrets affect family dynamics.
**This play features adult content with themes of alcohol and trauma.**