Monograms
2F/2M
Monograms examines the life of poet Hazel Hall (1886-1924) who lived primarily through her imagination, being confined to a wheelchair in her second story room in a house in Portland, Oregon. She experienced national recognition from Harriet Monroe, the famed editor of Poetry magazine, but it was the sacrifice of her sister that made the poems available to the world.
“Mach’s first play, Monograms, was beautifully written and dramatically powerful, and it introduced me to the poetry of Oregon poet Hazel Hall . . .”
— Barry Johnson, The Oregonian
“The layers [of the play] create multilateral realms through which the past reality of Hall’s reclusive life, the eternal fantasy of her poetry, and the present abstraction of Mach’s imagination interweave and the haunting breath of the past permeating the play carries the audience into the romantic terrain of recalling and recreating . . .”
— Suki S. Kim, American Theatre
“Mach has a distinctive theatrical voice . . .”
— D. J. R. Bruckner, New York Times