The Roles We Play

A young-adult woman processes her struggling relationship with her father through a stage play about a princess being held captive by a dragon. Her one hope is that one day a knight in shining armor will defeat the dragon to recue her from the imprisonment she finds herself in.

Cast

Naomi Hall

as Daughter / Princess / Knight

Richard Width

as Father / Dragon

Cathy Carrion

as Grandma

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