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POUND is Sean O'Leary's third play and will receive its professional premiere in the fall of 2004 at The Washington Stage Guild in Washington, DC. It is also scheduled for productions at The Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, Towngate Theatre, and The Village Theater at Cherry Hill. It was the winner of the 2004 Pittsburgh New Play Festival and was nominated for the L. Arnold Weissberger Award at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. POUND has received readings at Round House Theatre, The Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Catalyst Theatre, and Tri-State Actors Theater. Additional readings are scheduled for Abingdon Theatre in New York and The Playwrights Collective at The Brookfield Theatre for The Arts. The West Virginia Commission on The Arts has recognized POUND by awarding Sean its biennial Fellowship for Drama.
Winner and Production - Pittsburgh New Play Festival, January 2004
Nominated - Williamstown Theatre Festival's L. Arnold Weissberger Award by The Washington Stage Guild
Staged Reading - Round House Theatre, October 2003
Staged Reading - Orlando Shakespeare Festival, January 2004
Staged Reading - Abingdon Theatre, Date TBD
Staged Reading - Tri-State Actors Theatre, June 2003
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Synopsis Mary embarks on a course of treatment that, at first, seems merely peculiar and perhaps justified given the short time in which she has to work. But, soon her techniques become disturbing, visiting extreme guilt upon Pound for a lifetime of manipulation and bullying. Then, after reducing Pound to almost childlike vulnerability, Mary reveals her true purpose – revenge against the man whose radio broadcasts during the war demonized Jews and encouraged “a purge” – a purge that consumed, among others, Mary’s parents. POUND challenges us with questions about whether words can be morally equivalent to actions, whether revenge can be just, and, ultimately, whether sanity is possible when we’re made to see the world as it is and not as we would have it.
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