Head/Case

by Ron Hutchinson

Somebody hit Tracy on the head with a brick. And something just as bad has happened to Julia. But how can you hang on to your identity when you don't know who you are anymore? Head/Case is a powerful drama about identity and a mind damaged almost beyond repair.
How do you define yourself when you literally don't know who you are anymore? How do you begin to heal when you cannot fix your sense of self? And how much does nationality, culture and memory shape who you actually are?
Produced at the Soho Theatre in January 2005.

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Ron Hutchinson (born near Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is an Emmy Award winning[1] Irish screenwriter and playwright, known for writing Against the Wall and The Island of Dr. Moreau (both directed by John Frankenheimer), Slave of Dreams (directed by Robert M. Young), the play Moonlight and Magnolias, and the 2004 miniseries Traffic.

Moonlight and Magnolias at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for the 2004 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work. The Irish Play was performed in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at the Royal Shakespeare Company Warehouse Theatre in London, England with Ron Cook, Brenda Fricker, and P.G. Stephens in the cast. Barry Kyle was director.

Brought up and educated in Coventry, Hutchinson has written stage and radio plays as well as his screenwriting.[2]

He now lives in Los Angeles, California with his second wife and adopted daughter.

Reviews

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

A stylistically interesting play, though I have a feeling that it's emotional effectiveness will be based on the quality of the acting and direction.