Summer Residency: Remote
About the Show
Ruby and Camille are sisters who’ve grown a part, but were they ever really that close? In rural Oregon, estrangement, magic, and memory collide, as an ice storm locks them inside the old family cabin. After all this time… they will finally be together. Can you handle it? Sometimes you just don’t know whether to laugh or cry… Remote, by Sofia Molimbi, is a modern-day comedy about human connection, sisterhood, and the secrets we keep.
Remote is a “bare-bones” style of play, which uses the strength of its storytelling to transport us in time and space. It had its first public reading in the Fertile Ground Festival, produced by Line Storm playwrights. In this newly updated draft, the story moves deeper into the story and characters, as we uncover the true heart of their estrangement.
Written by Sofia Molimbi
Sofia Molimbi (Dubrawsky) is a playwright, dramaturg, actor, and theatre director. She is the recipient of the 2023 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship for Drama. She has been published by Smith & Kraus, Applause Acting Series, Meriwether Publishing, Pioneer Drama Service, and The Pitkin Review. Recent Plays include: I’m Here for You, Junior Year Abroad, The Mystery of Pittock Mansion (a commission from Stages Youth Theatre), Group; or Marlene is Dead, Remote, The Eclipse, The Heart of Gravesend, Bugs, Tiny Home. She has worked as a theatre artist in NYC, Dublin, Helsinki, and Portland, OR. Awards: Finalist- The Portland Civic New Play Award, The Finlandia Foundation, The Spirit of Goddard, and The Pearl Foundation. She holds an MFA in Playwriting/ Creative Writing from Goddard College. Memberships: The Dramatist Guild, SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and she is a proud member of Line Storm Playwrights in Portland, OR. Her most recent plays have had development work with: Theatre33 at Willamette University (Salem, OR), Fertile Ground Festival at Artists Repertory Theatre (Portland, OR), Portland Center Stage (OR) and Chapel Theatre. When she’s not writing, you can find her chasing after her three young sons. For more info: www.sofiamolimbi.com Or read her work on The New Play Exchange.
