Emily Devoti

Milk Emily Devoti Samuel French Acting edition

Dramatic Comedy

Characters: 3 male, 3 female

Rural New England, just before Reagan's second term. Meg and Ben are a creditor away from losing their family farm. To the rescue flies a high-powered businessman - in a private chopper no less - offering a tidy sum for a taste of farm life and the pure, raw milk that goes with it. Even before locavores roamed the earth, "back to the land" was hardly as simple as its promise; livestock and humans aren't known for behaving as expected. And so it is Milk, an elegant parable of change set on the cusp of a shifting American landscape.

"There is an engagingly original streak running through her writing... [DeVoti] fills Milk with interesting details (lots of cow knowledge) and unexpected touches." -The New York Times.