About The Wonder

THE WONDER

An American Midwestern Ghost Story 

by Maggie Lou Rader

Directed by Gaby Labotka

CW: this play includes references and/or depictions of blood, seizure, self-mutilation, suicide, and miscarriage

No feeling is more powerless than parenting a child with an untreatable illness. Or more painful than the eventuality of saying goodbye. So if an allegedly supernatural occurrence could ease the grief and offer hope, would you accept it? Inspired by the first reported case of spirit possession in America, this 2021 Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference honoree explores the emotions faced by two Illinois families, and the enigmatic events that would keep their daughters' memories alive.

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