DRY SUMMER

Desperate to get his life back on track, a depressed, gay, Jewish twenty-something returns home for the summer, where he winds up taking a job as an unconventional sober companion to his alcoholic former neighbor as she attempts to make it to 90 days of sobriety. (2F, 2M)

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Sean Carter Photography

DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY

Production (World Premiere), Theatre NOVA, 2025

Reading, The Road Theatre Company, 2025

Originally developed as part of The Road Theatre Company’s Under Construction Playwriting Lab

  • “Thoughtful and humorous…Dry Summer [is] a sensitive play about depression, alcohol abuse, and family relations. But it’s also a play that balances drama with humor, emotional pain with a determination to forge ahead.”

    Hugh Gallagher (A2 Pulp)

  • A “Don’t-Miss Event”

    Hour Detroit Magazine

  • 3x BroadwayWorld Michigan Award Nominee, including Best New Play

    BroadwayWorld

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