The Love and Loss Project
Premiered at The Piers-Brandt Theatre, CA. Sponsored by The City of Thousand Oaks, CLU, & L.I.F.E.. Interview-based collaboration between Hospice of the Conejo, Nebunele Theatre, and Sound Impact.
Based on interviews with members of a hospice support group for widows and widowers, this performance project was much a celebration of life and love as it was a meditation on grief and what loss has to teach us.
“The stories she heard in the hospice support group led to her writing a play, ‘The Love and Loss Project,’ based on four individuals, three of whom were married for 50 years or more and lost their life partners.“
“…the play will contribute to a broader cultural dialogue about aging, end-of-life issues and the mourning process itself.”
“To say that Claytie wrote a play about love or grief is far too simple. She created a safe space for every audience member to process their own grief—however that is manifest"
-The Love & Loss Project, Facebook Review
“I've never felt this overwhelmed with emotion while watching a performance, movie, or play before."
-The Love & Loss Project, Facebook Review
“I want people to understand the depth and magnitude of power this play had on me... I hope and pray this project lives on for a long time, it is such a gift."
-The Love & Loss Project, Facebook Review