New York, NY
Hope Springs Internal
A Dramedy
Written & Directed by Elenor Evans-Wickberg
It's 2008 and fourteen-year-old Charlotte, a self-proclaimed “performance artist," is about to get her big break at the Chicago Middle School Arts Festival. Unfortunately for Charlotte, her Mom and her two sisters—Darcy, an ex-ballerina, and Amelia, a precocious violin “prodigy”—just don’t understand her. If only her Dad, who’s busy helping Obama get elected, would show up and rescue her. . . Part family drama, part wacky comedy, and part coming-of-age story, Hope Springs Internal is a hilarious and angst-filled journey into girlhood, politics, and what it means to be an artist.
Photography: @katrina._p
About the Production
Meet The Writer / Director
Eleanor Evans-Wickberg is a playwright originally from Dallas, Texas and now based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been developed and produced with RE/VENUE (at A.R.T./NY Theater), Black Cat Theatre (The Edge Off-Broadway), Lucky Bra Comedy (at The Chain Theater), Girl Dirty Theater Company (at The Makers’ Space), 938collective, The Secret Theater, and Playground-NY among others. She graduated from Kenyon College after developing “He’s Not Like That,” (2025 Downtown Urban Arts Festival Finalist, 2025 WaterWorks LiveArts Finalist, 2025 Valdez Theater Conference selection) and is the recipient of the 2019 and 2022 James E. Michael prize in playwriting.
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