No Show Baby

A reading of a play by Lynda Sturner
(Helltown Players Trustee)

As a finalist for the 2023 Kaplan Playwriting Competition, “No Show Baby” will receive a public reading on Friday, July 21 at 7pm at WOMR Radio Station in Provincetown. The reading is free and open to the public.

The reading of this full-length play – written by Helltown Players Trustee Lynda Sturner – will be followed by an audience talkback. This will allow the playwright to consider rewrites before the play will be submitted for final adjudication. The winner will be announced in the Fall. Lynda shared the 2013 Kaplan prize with Jim Dalglish for “A Talented Woman” - a play they coauthored.

The Kaplan Prize is supported and administered by Eventide Theatre Company in Dennis, MA.

About the Play…

The story of an endless search to find one’s identify. An identity that has been obscured by adoption and lies. The play, a personal account from the playwright’s life, follows her journey after her life is turned upside by a DNA test.

Hellion Lynda Sturner

“No Show Baby began as a one-woman show exploring my life as an adoptee. Then I discovered that my story was larger than just me. This latest draft includes my adoptive mother, my birth mother, and someone who just may be my father.” - Lynda Sturner.

The Cast…

The outstanding cast of “No Show Baby” has been seen in many productions on the Outer Cape and beyond. The cast includes:

• Lynda Sturner - Lynda

• Sarah Fitzpatrick - Rachel

• Jadah Carroll - Bertha

• Clyde Shelby Mellert - Joe

• John Shuman - Stage Directions