Tawni O'Dell

windows

Funny, heart-wrenching, and thought-provoking, the dramatic play Windows is a series of vignettes that looks back at the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is hard to believe that nearly five years have passed since the frightening time of lockdown when people were told not to leave their homes and were forbidden to see loved ones. When jobs and life savings were lost. When grocery stores were ransacked and weddings canceled. When daily death toll numbers were posted on newscasts with the nonchalance of scoreboard points. When there was no end in sight. Without being political or pedantic, Windows gives the audience a peek behind curtains into the spaces where ten individuals from all walks of life navigate crushing isolation and fear along with poignant and sometimes riotous moments of self-reflection that lead to the discovery of what’s most important to us all: each other.

As an important piece of our nation’s history and an expression of its denizen’s strength in the face of a fearful unknown, WINDOWS is an essential work about the human condition.