Chair

 

Second Place: Festival of New American Plays, Firehouse Theatre

After the death of their famous father – a politician who gave more to the public than to his children - Eva, Ritchie and Ronnie gather in his empty apartment to claim the only thing left: his favorite chair. But who is the most deserving? Chair is a high-stakes drama about how you quantify a father’s love and whether what he leaves behind will bring his children closer together, or tear them apart.