A satirical ghost play

Safe
Space

5 actors // 2 hours

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Drama

Helen needs a mysterious door in the farmhouse she inherited from her uncle unlocked. She summons Courtney, a locksmith, who has been hearing voices that compel him to steal the Civil War-era guns from the house. The voice is probably Charlotte, the ghost of a formerly enslaved person, who has been trapped in this house since John Brown’s Harper’s Ferry raid went south and has contented herself with watching television and plotting her escape. When the basement door is unlocked, Charlotte, Courtney, and Helen’s destinies become irrevocably and explosively linked.

Make no mistake, “Safe Space” is a comedy. Its racially charged leitmotif manifests more cheeky than preachy, à la “An Octoroon”.

Max Garner, MD Theatre Guide

A Clue!-inspired farce that suggests that unlocking the past can be a dangerous thing.

J. Wynn Rousuck, WYPR

Productions:
Single Carrot Theater, 2020 // Directed by B. Kleymeyer

Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci
Helen (Alix Fenhagen) // Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci
Bill (Aaron Hancock), Nadeen (Daniela Hernández-Fujigaki) and Hazzie (Tina Canady) // Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci
Helen (Alix Fenhagen) and Courtney (Dominic Gladden) // Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci
Ryan (Matthew O’Shea), Courtney (Dominic Gladden), and Helen (Alix Fenhagen) // Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci
Single Carrot Theater Production // Photo by Glenn Ricci