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The Magnificent Masked Hearing Aid

$15.00

One-Act Play, 2f 1m

Ask Tess if the real guy is Superman or Clark Kent; she’ll say glasses make the man. But when she learns she’ll lose her hearing by age thirty, her confidence falls. How she feels about the Man of Steel, which art school to go to, whether to get a risky surgical implant to restore her hearing — everything’s up in the air, unless Tess decides what defines her identity: her abilities, or how she masks them.

One-Act Play, 2f 1m

Ask Tess if the real guy is Superman or Clark Kent; she’ll say glasses make the man. But when she learns she’ll lose her hearing by age thirty, her confidence falls. How she feels about the Man of Steel, which art school to go to, whether to get a risky surgical implant to restore her hearing — everything’s up in the air, unless Tess decides what defines her identity: her abilities, or how she masks them.

About the Author

Sarah Bowden is a playwright and dramaturg, whose plays have been produced in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Stockholm. Her work has been developed by the National Theatre of the Deaf and Tellin’ Tales Theatre. Her solo show Helen Keller and Me was produced as part of Chicago’s 2019 Rhinofest. Her full-length Lively Stones was produced as part of 20% Theatre Chicago's ReFocus 20/20 season. Her full-length The Magnificent Masked Hearing Aid received Honorable Mention in the American Blues Theater Blue Ink Playwriting Award, and her full-length Tin Noses was a finalist in the Route 66 Theatre Test Drive Workshop.