David-Matthew Barnes
Somebody's Baby
eBook
(Blue Dasher Press Oct. 23, 2016)
, 2 edition
Winner of the Elly Award for Best Original Script. This riveting teen drama takes place on a rainy Friday night in Chicago in 1997. Escaping a near date-rape situation, sixteen-year-old Tabitha stumbles into a coffee shop where she meets Williams, a young man who is dying of AIDS and has been abandoned by all of those he has known and loved. As a result of their chance meeting, Tabitha and Williams question their beliefs in God, themselves, and the world around them. Both young lives are deeply affect by a waitress named Milvia, who has a story and a dream of her own. Somebody’s Baby is a powerful drama for young actors that explores a very important timely subject. The world premiere of this play received three Elly Award nominations from the Sacramento Regional Theatre Alliance. It has since been performed across the country.