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Plays by Lena Moore


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Rest Stop

Full-Length Play
Cast Breakdown: 4F, 2M, 1M/F/NB


On the side of Highway 101 in Northern California, six travelers find themselves trapped at a rest stop. As they fight to escape, the travelers are forced to traverse grief, investigate fate, and confront the consequences of healing in Lena Moore’s new surrealist drama Rest Stop.


Rest Stop was performed at Northwestern University on March 14th and 15th 2025.



“Stuck somewhere with people they love, “Rest Stop’s” cast of characters are left to face the big questions about life: grief, forgiveness and who they choose to love. Watching these lovable characters seek the answers is a joy as the show shifts so easily from unsettling to heartbreaking to laugh-out-loud funny.”


Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn
Photos by Melanie Ahn


Mazels!

Ten-Minute Play
Cast Breakdown: 2F


In this 2014 period piece, 13-year-olds Josie and Stella discuss all things middle school as they get ready to attend an event full of excitement, intrigue, and drama: a B’nai Mitzvah.



Mazels! was performed as part of Northwestern University’s Ten-Minute Play Festival on March 10th and 11th 2023.


overnight (a play with music)

One-Act Play
Cast Breakdown: 4F


On a high school trip to a Latin Convention, four 17-year-old girls are randomly assigned to a hotel room together. As the night descends into sleepover chaos, secrets come to the surface, and the girls become bonded for better or for worse in Lena Moore’s play with music overnight.



The development of overnight was part of an ethnographic research project funded by Northwestern’s Office of Undergraduate Research.



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Lena Moore
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