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Author:Mary Steelsmith
EMail:marysteelsmith@aol.com
ICWP Member?:Yes
Nearest Large City:Los Angeles
Country:USA
Play Title:Isaac, I am
Runtime:91-120 minutes
Synopsis:Set in the world of seductive cyber chat rooms and instant messaging, Angela finds herself torn between a budding "real life" romance and a darker online relationship with a family seemingly bent on its own destruction. As she struggles to come to terms with her own feelings of insecurity and loneliness, she is simultaneously pulled deeper into a bizarre cyberspace by the perplexing and emotionally elusive family of Josh, his younger sister Katie and their obsessive father, Isaac. Eventually, Angela's dual worlds of reality and "virtu-ality" begin to blur together, until her computer life threatens to devour her whole.
Male:4
Female:5
Max. Cast:15
Min. Cast:9
Media:Stage
Genre:Comic/Drama
Theme:Internet vs. reality
Web Page: 
First Name:Mary
Last Name:Steelsmith
Notes:“Isaac, I am” won the very first Helford Prize for playwriting and had seven performances at Jacksonville University. The prize was only been given out three times before it was retired. I am the only woman playwright to have won it.