Mrs. Birdsong’s Second Death: A Play

Drama/Suspense– 7 Males / 8 Females/2 Either /1 Off-stage Female Voice– The audience witnesses important moments in the life of Evelyn Hall Webber, a well-to-do real estate agent who collects plants from people’s funerals, names them after the deceased, and cares for them in a living shrine. As we travel back and forth to observe important days in her life, we meet Mrs. Louise Birdsong, Evelyn’s former art teacher whom Evelyn secretly blames for ruining her life. Mrs. Birdsong was supposed to have died years earlier in a horrific accident, but as her plant namesake is still alive, we find that Birdsong is, too-that is until Evelyn discovers the cover up. How much longer will it be until Mrs. Birdsong’s second death?