Fragile House
Next Page, Omnibus Theatre (2025)
“You’re so young. You’ll see one day. We’re all just alone.”
Alma is a jazz singer. She just needs to get through this residency. Michael is the young saxophonist in her house band. He makes model houses out of matchsticks.
Thrown together weekly in a shared dressing room, their initial reluctance gives way to mutual curiosity — but can their growing connection last, or will it go up in flames?
Shortlisted for The Bread & Roses Playwriting Award 2024, FRAGILE HOUSE is a modern tragedy exploring the fragility of our relationships and the power of negative labels to become self-fulfilling prophecies.
Starring Tony Award winner Frances Ruffelle and NYT member Adam Wadge, the play had a rehearsed reading at Omnibus Theatre in January 2025 as part of the Engine Room: Next Page season.
WRITER & DIRECTOR - Kayleigh Mai Hinsley
ALMA - Frances Ruffelle
MICHAEL - Adam Wadge
