Blood of the Lamb

by Arlene Hutton

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Awards

Winner of the Critics Circle Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival

Synopsis

Winner of the Critics Circle Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival

A searing drama about bureaucratic chaos in a post-Roe America. After her transcontinental flight is diverted to Dallas, a pregnant woman inexplicably finds herself trapped in a room with a female lawyer who will decide her future. Can Nessa escape this Kafkaesque world of legal precedents and constantly changing laws?

Casting & Production

Casting

NESSA — female, late 30s to early 40s.

VAL — female, 40s to 50s.

Setting

Time
Next week. While the pandemic is no longer the top story, the world is still a mess, possibly even worse.

Place
A windowless industrial room in Houston, TX. Or is it Dallas?

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Media

"★★★★★ The punch of a state-of-the-nation epic...with the twists of a trenchant thriller."

- The Telegraph

"★★★★★ A powerhouse, thoroughly contemporary political theatre, tightly realised."

- The Advertiser

"★★★★★ Blood of the Lamb isn’t a dystopian tale of warning about who we might become, but one of open-your-eyes-because-this-is-who-we-are."

- In Review

"★★★★ Acutely tense drama."

- The Guardian

"★★★★★ A powerful piece of activism, an excellently-crafted play."

- Fest Magazine

"★★★★★ Beautiful, suspenseful script."

- British Theatre Guide

Authors

Arlene Hutton

Arlene Hutton is the author of Letters to Sala, As It Is In Heaven and Last Train to Nibroc, which premiered at the 78th Street Theatre Lab, received a NY...

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Upcoming Productions

Jul 10 – 26, 2026

Rapid Lemon Productions
Baltimore, MD

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