GIDION’S KNOT by Johnna Adams

Featuring Eva Laporte and Catherine Babbitt

During a parent–teacher conference that spirals, a grieving mother and a shaken elementary school teacher confront the devastating fallout of a child’s death by suicide. As they dig into Gidion’s final days, a painful truth emerges: he might have been the target of cruelty—or the one inflicting it. In real time, the two women wrestle with competing narratives, buried wounds, and the impossible need to make sense of the senseless. The result is a raw, unsettling collision of grief, blame, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive the unthinkable.

For adults 18+. Content note, for those who need it. This play deals with suicide, gun violence, bullying, and descriptions of a graphic, sexually violent nature. Please take care. 

*Welcome to Surround Project Play Dates, intimate staged readings that are daring – designed for curious audiences. True to Surround Project’s mission, the event will include guided contextual activities and conversation before and after the play. All activities are optional, low-stakes, and driven by Surround’s values of compassion, relationships, resilience, and risk. 

Play Date Producers | Bonnie Reed & Stu Schlossberg