About the Play:

I Used to Write on Walls is a full-length comedic drama by Bekah Brunstetter. Love hurts, as the song goes, and in I Used to Write on Walls, the lives of three modern women are upended by the presence of a sexy but clueless charmer. Hearts will be broken, loves will be lost, and youthful cries of hope, anger, and sadness will be written on walls.

I Used to Write on Walls is an "anti-romantic comedy" about losing oneself in romance. Diane, Georgia, and Joanne are three modern women living very different lives. Tough-talking lady cop Diane is looking for love. Spoken word performer Georgia just wants to be heard and Joanne is a clinging cosmetician making the world more beautiful one makeover at a time. Unbeknownst to them, they are all pining after the same young man, Trevor: a sexy, stoned surfer with delusions of religious grandeur. When Trevor's beautiful 11-year-old cousin, Anna, and Mona (a sexy, widowed astronaut) are thrown into the mix, Trevor finds himself in more trouble than he can handle. Bekah Brunstetter, the Emmy Award-winning writer/producer of the hit TV series This is Us, asks, "when all we crave is love, how far will we go to cover up the truth that is so clearly written on the walls?" Mothers will try to guide their daughters from the promise and beauty of youth through the diminishing opportunities of aging. Daughters will go to the extremes of passion for holding on to their fantasies of love. One man will be in the middle of a romantic storm of graffiti, drugs, sexual asphyxiation, gunshots, explosions, and desire. And everyone will try to prove that they are that chosen, special someone – destined for true love and greatness.

I Used to Write on Walls premiered in 2008 at The Gene Frankel Theatre off-off Broadway in New York City. The play has been staged in regional theatres and performed in college theatres as a showcase of student talent.

Cast: 6 female, 1 male

What people say:

"Raw and poignant." — Talkin' Broadway

About the Playwright:

Bekah Brunstetter is an American playwright and screenwriter. Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and educated at UNC Chapel Hill (BA) and the New School for Drama (MFA in Dramatic Writing), she currently lives in Los Angeles. Her plays have been performed Off-Broadway in New York and leading regional theatres in the US. As a TV writer and producer, she has written for Switched at Birth, American Gods, This is Us, and Maid.