Shoot Me When… by Ruben Grijalva

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May 1 – May 22, 2021

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Shoot Me When…

By Ruben Grijalva

Directed by Susi Damilano

Commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse

PLAY DETAILS

Jackie has dementia. She also has a pact, carefully crafted with her two daughters, for how to depart on her own terms when the time comes. Well, the night has arrived, the girls have gathered, the plan is in motion—but Jackie forgot the pact. Shoot Me When… is a heartfelt and humorous exploration of love, responsibility, and finding joy in life’s challenges.

THE CAST

Content Advisory

Shoot Me When… features themes of dementia and assisted death. Discretion is advised. Click here for suggested resources.

PHOTOS

Jackie (Lorri Holt) meets Len (Dan Hiatt) at a bar in Lake Tahoe.

Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) and Ariel (Melissa Ortiz) try to figure out what to do about their mother.

Ariel (Melissa Ortiz), Jackie (Lorri Holt), Len (Dan Hiatt), and Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) have a chance encounter in Lake Tahoe.

Jackie (Lorri Holt) reminisces about the old days.

Len (Dan Hiatt) tries to figure out what he's gotten himself into.

Len (Dan Hiatt) and Jackie (Lorri Holt) hit it off during Jackie's weekend getaway.

Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) tries to look on the bright side.

Ariel (Melissa Ortiz) and Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) don't see eye-to-eye.

Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) helps her mother, Jackie (Lorri Holt).

Len (Dan Hiatt) and Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster) discuss Jackie's future.

Len (Dan Hiatt), Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster), Jackie (Lorri Holt), and Ariel (Melissa Ortiz) discuss Jackie's future.

Ariel (Melissa Ortiz), Gabrielle (Blythe de Oliveira Foster), and Len (Dan Hiatt) discuss what to do about Jackie.

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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT

Ruben Grijalva is an award-winning San Francisco-based playwright and filmmaker. His short plays include Full Steam Ahead and the PianoFightShortLived winning All The Worlds Are Stages. His full-length plays include Foresight, Anna Considers Mars, and the Edgerton Foundation New Play Award-winning Value Over Replacement. He lives in San Francisco’s Sunset District with a Labrador named Retha, a human named Keli, and a tiny human named Genevieve, whose arrival served as the very hard deadline for the first draft of this play.

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