What We Leave Behind Developmental Reading at Theatre Raleigh

Capital Arts Theater Guild is partnering with Theatre Raleigh to foster the development of the new musical, What We Leave Behind, from it’s staged readings for public audiences this January, where the writers will be provided a wealth of feedback from various sources, including professional panelists as well as audience members, culminating in a full production premiere in Theatre Raleigh’s Main Stage Season in October!

WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND is the musical expression of one artist’s struggle with chronic illness and how that struggle impacts her entire family. When we fall ill, we expect to recover. But what happens when that illness never ends? Are we still the person we were, or have we become the illness itself? How can an artist continue to produce art when she can barely get out of bed? And what does it mean for a husband and a son when the wife and mother they love has become someone else?

Written and composed by husband-and-wife team Jenny Giering and Sean Barry and based upon their shared journey, WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND is a compelling one-woman show addressing some of the most pressing questions of our time with both heartwarming humor and heartwrenching honesty.