"Erik Patterson's strange new play is one that takes you by surprise and ravishes you. "—Rob Kendt, Backstage WestElliot is lost in a world of sex workers—late night house calls from hustlers and phone calls with call girls.

Becky is torn between two worlds—her day job as a stripper and being a mom to fifteen-year-old Rose (a Goth girl who wants nothing to do with her). And then there's Little B, who has stripped away every piece of herself until all she has left is her obsession with Icelandic pop singer Bjork.

This troubled family's shared past holds unspeakable horrors and they must join forces if they ever want to heal. WINNER, Backstage West Garland Award, Best PlaywritingFINALIST, PEN USA Literary AwardPlay DetailsYellow Flesh / Alabaster Rose is a full-length play in five acts, with one intermission.

Cast: 5 female, 4 maleGenre: dark comedyKeywords: family, Bjork, LGBTQ, abuse, love, sex work, siblings, trauma, healingCharacter BreakdownELLIOT, a man in his early thirties. Sometimes known as Tom.

LITTLE B, his sister, fifteen. BECKY, a woman in her thirties.

Sometimes known as Hunter. ROSE, her daughter, fifteen.

MOM, a mother in her fifties. Named Rose Silverstein.

JUSTIN, a hustler in his late twenties to thirties. BROOKE/KRISTEN, a phone-sex operator in her twenties to thirties.

MIKE, a hustler in his fifties. DR.

MARTIN PERKINS, DR. ALBERT ELLIS, DR.

STEARN, a professor, a psychologist, and an ER doctor (all played by the same actor)FATHER, a voice/memory (played by the same actor who plays Mike). About the AuthorErik Patterson's plays include He Asked For It, Sick, One of the Nice Ones, Handjob, and I Wanna Hold Your Hand.

His theater work has been produced or developed by Playwrights' Arena, the Los Angeles Theatre Centre, Theatre of NOTE, the Evidence Room, The Actors' Gang, the Echo Theater Company, the Lark Play Development Center, Moving Arts, Black Dahlia, Naked Angels, the Mark Taper Forum, and New Group. His plays have been nominated for the Ovation Award, the Stage Raw Award the LA Weekly Award, and the GLAAD Media Award.

His writing for TV has been recognized with the Humanitas Prize and the Writer's Guild Award, as well as two Emmy nominations. Along with his writing partner, Jessica Scott, Erik has written films for Warner Bros.

, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Disney, Freeform, MTV, Paramount, Hallmark, and Syfy, among others. Film and TV credits include: Abandoned (starring Emma Roberts and Michael Shannon), R.

L. Stine's The Haunting Hour, Another Cinderella Story (starring Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch), Deep Blue Sea 2, Radio Rebel, and many more.

Erik is a graduate of Occidental College and the British American Drama Academy. He hosts a gently-guided writing sprint online called "Sunday Sprints" that attracts writers seeking community and inspiration to do their best work.

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