lost daughter suddenly decides
to visit, she is forced to face
the truth about her family and
the secrets that broke it apart
so many years ago. New Jer-
sey Stage spoke with Fisher via
email about the play, how it re-
lates to his life growing up, and
whether it was inspired by the
events taking place nationally.
The play is based on a lifestyle
at sea you know well, did any of
this come from your own life?
None of the specifics of the sto-
ry itself comes from my life, but
the people, places, and textures
of the play are certainly reflec-
tions of the people I knew grow-
ing up in rural South Jersey and
working on and around boats for
many years. So despite the allu-
sions to the sea, oystering, poli-
tics, and so forth, the play is re-
ally just about a family that tries
to figure out how to be a family
when part of it seems irreparably
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damaged. Constance, the Cap-
tain of the boat and mother of
Gail, had to make sacrifices that
could easily be seen as cruelty.
She allowed her family to be
split up in order to protect her
two children. This leads to the
reunion in the play where the
details and years of resentment
come to light.
One of the reasons I set this
story on a working boat in the
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