Brave New Works

JENNIFER WALTON BIO:

Jennifer Walton is the 2021 recipient of the Voaden Prize in Playwriting for GUNPLAY (After the Gun Goes Off) that was also presented as a staged reading at the Kingston Writers Festival (2021), Theatre Aquarius’ Brave New Works festival (2024), and was produced at the Alumnae Theatre Fireworks Festival in 2025. Her play The Stand was recently produced at Wasaga Community Theatre. Jennifer’s short plays have been featured in festivals across North America and the UK. As a director, credits include Stationary (Audience Choice, Hamilton Fringe 2024), The Tragedy of Othella Moore (Best of Hamilton Fringe, 2017), and The Soldier’s Tale for Amphion Ensemble. As an actor, stage credits include Hamlet and Your Own Sons for Same Boat Theatre, Diary of Anne Frank and Woman in Black for Theatre Aquarius. 

GET AWAY SYNOPSIS

In this darkly comic farce, Jed and Eden, a young couple seeking a romantic getaway, arrive at the wrong cottage, already occupied by Mimi, a once celebrated author struggling to stay relevant. Upon their arrival it becomes apparent that the couple literally cannot see Mimi and become convinced the cottage is haunted, Mimi takes advantage of the situation and uses them as material for her next book.  

When the situation spirals out of control, Emerson, the reclusive cottage custodian, intervenes only to reveal that he, too, is hiding some dark secrets that led to his getaway in this remote location. 

One part Blithe Spirit and one part Get Out, this play subverts the notion of agency and invisibility. Get Away explores the blurred line between fiction and reality as each character is confronted by what they are trying to get away with and what they are trying to get away from.