The Women of Lockerbie

 By Deborah Brevoort
Directed by Grace Ann Roberts,
Faculty Supervised by Erica Tobolski

Inspired by a true story, The Women of Lockerbie explores how love can win over hate, even in the face of unspeakable tragedy. With poetic language presented in a style that evokes classic Greek tragedy, playwright Deborah Brevoort tells the story of a mother from New Jersey who travels to Scotland in search for her son’s remains after the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. While in the hills of Lockerbie, she encounters a group of local women attempting to foster healing — in spite of US government regulations — by washing the clothes of the dead and returning them to mourning families.

“In its tightly controlled depiction of collective sorrow…it becomes almost unbearably moving.” — Daily Telegraph