Description

Back Story is a two-character play written in 19 scenes by 18 playwrights. Back Story illuminates various episodes in the young lives of Ainsley and Ethan Belcher. When Ethan is born in the worst blizzard of the century, his 2-year-old sister, Ainsley, nearly sacrifices a toe trying to clear a path for the baby’s arrival. That initial gesture of devotion blossoms into a tale of sibling loyalty, rivalry and love that spans two decades. Inspired by Joan Ackermann’s narrative Back Story, each of the 18 playwrights in this collective creation puts a distinctive spin on Ainsley’s and Ethan’s amusing and poignant struggles with life, each other, and the phantom dad who left them for the wilds of Alaska. Unit set. Approximate running time: 90 minutes.