Playwriting

Gloria and Her Dragons

A ten-minute play written by Elizabeth Dudak and performed on July 17, 2022, at the Roads Theater in Los Angeles as part of the Summer Playwrights Festival. The play is about a daughter grieving the sudden death of her husband and her visit with her mother struggling with dementia. Their time together is interrupted by Gloria and her dragons, the new companions in all their lives. The play was developed while Elizabeth attended The University of Chicago Graham School Writer’s Studio in the 2021/2022 school year.