Tony Winner Alice Ripley stars in THE PINK UNICORN Understanding and Transformation

Alice Ripley won a Tony for her performance in "Next to Normal."  Should "The Pink Unicorn" move to Broadway, she should win another Tony for her heartfelt performance of a mother's journey of love, understanding and support for her daughter's gender neutral identification.  Trisha Lee (Alice Ripley) lives in a small Christian TX town where most people attend Church regularly on Sundays and put out the American flag every 4th of July.  The town isn't known for its diversity or its open mindedness.  Trisha takes us into her confidence and trust sharing her befuddlement when her only child, Joeliene informs her mother she is gender neutral a.k.a. gender queer or pansexual.  She tells her mother she wants to be called Joe and the correct pronoun is they.  Joe tries to explain her to dazed mom that gender neutral means not identifying as either male or female.  Trisha's  acceptance for Joe's penchant for wearing all black and short, multi-colored hair style did not prepare her for the serious talk they had at the dining table over tea when Joe revealed the shame felt in concealing being gender queer.  Her classmate Elijah Breckinridge came out as gay and now Joe felt empowered and compelled to freely express how "they" feel.   Joe tells her mother to look it up which she does while at her housekeeping job at a hospital.  Trisha needs the work after her husband was killed by a drunk driver.  Trisha earnestness to understand & support her daughter are all very real and lead her to an epiphany of inner-strength and compassion.  The local priest, Father Dick "he really is a dick" preached the Episcopal Church's acceptance of gay priests as an abomination and heresy.  Trisha questions the priest's narrow minded religious rhetoric.  Joe & Elijah's attempt to form an LBGTQ and Straight Alliance Club at school but are banned by the blockheaded principal.  Ripley has this magical ripple effect that fills the stage with real characters and emotions spinning a one woman show into a transformative work of art that is quietly powerful and deeply penetrating.  Trisha wonders "if God didn't make people of diversity to make us better people."  Playwright Elise Forier Edie has written a smart, warm, funny and provocative play that mystify the soul inspiring empathy, tolerance and love.  We are us better for having experienced this miraculous production from Out of the Box Theatrics.  Out of the Box Theatrics is committed to hiring diverse actors, playwrights regardless of gender, race, creed, ethnicity, or disability.