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Silver Medal, Onassis International Playwriting Competition, 2001

Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Award, 2001

The Women of Lockerbie is being published by Dramatists Play Service who will now handle the licensing of the play in the United States and Canada. To purchase or license The Women of Lockerbie please contact DPS at 212-683-8960 ext. 107 or through their website at http://www.dramatists.com/

Story Synopsis

A mother from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie Scotland, looking for her son’s remains which were lost in the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the Women of Lockerbie, who are fighting the US Government to obtain the clothing of the victims found in the plane’s wreckage. The women, determined to convert an act of hatred into an act of love, want to wash the clothes of the dead and return them to the victim’s families. The Women of Lockerbie is loosely inspired by a true story, although the characters and situations in the play are purely fictional. Written in the structure of a Greek tragedy, it is a poetic drama about the triumph of love over hate.

Character Breakdown

5 Women and 2 Men

	MADELINE LIVINGSTON: A suburban housewife from New Jersey. Her 20-year old son Adam was killed 7 years ago in the Pan Am 103 crash over Lockerbie, Scotland.
	BILL LIVINGSTON: Her husband, father of Adam.
	OLIVE ALLISON: An older woman, from Lockerbie.
	Leader of the laundry project.
	WOMAN 1 & 2: Middle-aged women from Lockerbie.
	HATTIE: A cleaning woman. From Lockerbie.
	GEORGE JONES: The American government representative in charge of the warehouse storing the remains from the Pan Am 103 crash.

Awards, Grants, Productions, Publications

For a complete list of productions of The Women of Lockerbie please see Artistic Resume. For a complete list of the publications of The Women of Lockerbie , please see Bookstore. Developed in readings and workshops at the O’Neill Conference (1999) Shenandoah Playwrights Retreat (1999) Geva Theatre (2000) Oregon Shakespeare Festival (2000) and Bay Area Playwright’s Festival (2000). Silver Medal, Onassis International Playwriting Competition, 2001; Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays Awards, 2001.

Reviews

“[Deborah Brevoort’s] play is tense with a scorching sense of drama. I admire anyone—writers or actors—who can deal with such a subject without hysteria, condescension, too much moralizing or self-pity.” – Sunday Times London, England	“The Women of Lockerbie gives powerful voice to a disturbingly contemporary anguish: how to respond to suffering caused by a terrorist attack ... the play has the power to move an audience to new hope in a world witnessing continual acts of revenge and hatred.” – Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia
“Playwright Deborah Brevoort has a gift for high poetry and her descriptions of the day when death came raining down on Scotland are impressively moving. Brevoort’s play is undeniably better endowed with character, poetry and a core of touching emotion than most.” – Time Out, London, England	“The play is more concerned with matters seldom aired in the theatre nowadays. What is mischance, what is fate? How to reconcile profound grief with belief in God? How to exorcise a great evil? The answer of the Lockerbie women, as of Brevoort, was 'to get love out of this.' Can’t think of a better one myself.” – London Times
“The play portrays painfully well the harrowing impact of an act of terror ... It was an interesting and brave decision of the playwright Deborah Brevoort to cast her play about the devastating aftermath of the Lockerbie aircraft crash into the shape of the Greek tragedy.” – Financial Times, London, England	“It’s funny the way plays have a way of finding their way into the public domain just when they should ... suddenly, from across the Atlantic, we have a British premiere shining with Scottish particularity that is also stunningly topical. Brevoort does Lockerbie and it’s women proud. Should be seen elsewhere.” – The Herald Glasgow, Scotland
“Deborah Brevoort weaves a wonderful story out of appalling circumstances. Her script is tight and strong ... and shows ordinary people coping with extraordinary horror.” – The Drum Media Sydney, Australia	“At a time when the fear of losing loved ones to terrorist bombs is once again real and strong, this play is a convincing examination of the shocking power of sudden and inexplicable loss and the trauma of being witness to such events.” – Morning Star
“A moving, thoughtful exploration of how grief changes over time.” – The New Yorker, NYC “The most heart-wrenching drama currently on the boards ...” – Paper Clips, NYC “A timely portrait of grief and sorrow in the wake of a terrorist outrage.” – The Stage Online “The play’s powerful message resonates in a post 9/11 world” – City Beat, Cincinnati, OH
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Plays:

THE BLUE-SKY BOYS • THE POETRY OF PIZZA • THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE • SIGNS OF LIFE • INTO THE FIRE • BLUE MOON OVER MEMPHIS • WET WILLIES • OF MEN AND MOUNTAINS

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DeborahBrevoort.com

Story Synopsis

Character Breakdown

5 Women and 2 Men

Awards, Grants, Productions, Publications

Reviews

“[Deborah Brevoort’s] play is tense with a scorching sense of drama. I admire anyone—writers or actors—who can deal with such a subject without hysteria, condescension, too much moralizing or self-pity.”

– Sunday Times London, England

“The Women of Lockerbie gives powerful voice to a disturbingly contemporary anguish: how to respond to suffering caused by a terrorist attack ... the play has the power to move an audience to new hope in a world witnessing continual acts of revenge and hatred.”

– Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia

“Playwright Deborah Brevoort has a gift for high poetry and her descriptions of the day when death came raining down on Scotland are impressively moving. Brevoort’s play is undeniably better endowed with character, poetry and a core of touching emotion than most.”

– Time Out, London, England

– London Times

“The play portrays painfully well the harrowing impact of an act of terror ... It was an interesting and brave decision of the playwright Deborah Brevoort to cast her play about the devastating aftermath of the Lockerbie aircraft crash into the shape of the Greek tragedy.”

– Financial Times, London, England

– The Herald Glasgow, Scotland

“Deborah Brevoort weaves a wonderful story out of appalling circumstances. Her script is tight and strong ... and shows ordinary people coping with extraordinary horror.”

– The Drum Media Sydney, Australia

“At a time when the fear of losing loved ones to terrorist bombs is once again real and strong, this play is a convincing examination of the shocking power of sudden and inexplicable loss and the trauma of being witness to such events.”

– Morning Star

“A moving, thoughtful exploration of how grief changes over time.”

– The New Yorker, NYC

“The most heart-wrenching drama currently on the boards ...”

– Paper Clips, NYC

“A timely portrait of grief and sorrow in the wake of a terrorist outrage.”

– The Stage Online

“The play’s powerful message resonates in a post 9/11 world”

– City Beat, Cincinnati, OH

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– Sunday Times
London, England

– Sydney Morning Herald,
Sydney, Australia

– Time Out,
London, England

– Financial Times,
London, England

– The Herald
Glasgow, Scotland

– The Drum Media
Sydney, Australia