the cul de sac society - a new audio drama
this is the cul de sac on dogwood street, in the suburb of greenhill terrace, in 1955 suburban america. on the cul de sac of greenhill terrace, live six families:
the williamsons. a war wife brought from china, christine, is the only thing that makes this different from a picture perfect 1950s family. christine and her husband james, a ww2 veteran, have five kids, and a perfectly loving relationship. there is nothing the matter here.
the clarks. they live next door to the williamsons, and coincidentally, the veteran soldier who lives there, richard, also has a war wife, a japanese woman named taeko who doesn’t know when she was born. taeko is a stay at home wife in the most literal interpretation of the phrase, not leaving for even shopping. the reason? she was a comfort woman during ww2, something not even her husband knows, and her trauma, anxiety, and depression are a lit fuse.
the johnsons. kathleen, a devoted wife with blonde hair and cheekbones that are fawned over by almost every woman in the area, rules the neighbourhood and the pta. she runs the women’s saturday book club and has nearly every woman in the neighbourhood under her thumb, except for, maddeningly, the clarks and williamsons. her husband? anthony, a hardened veteran with homicidal tendencies.
the stevensons. patty is a meek, weakened wife who has borne her husband seven children, and her husband, paul, threatens to cut off her limbs or his limbs if she does not submit to him in the way the ads say she should. everyone knows that that is the house that something bad would happen in, if something bad happened.
the millers. the millers are michael & nancy, a perfect couple, michael commutes to work in the city, and nancy is kathleen’s left hand woman, seeking out all the gossip and doing kathleen’s dirty work in between caring for her three children and making slightly suspicious midnight strolls in her robe.
the andersons. samantha is kathleen’s childhood best friend, her blonde partner in crime(?) samantha enjoys the simple things in life, and is a bit dull for kathleen’s liking, but history of companionships keeps them tight friends, and samantha’s reports of periodical odd noises in her house never fail to intrigue kathleen.
i ask you this: what happens to these six families when this idyllic suburban neighbourhood in 1955 takes a turn to the worse?
find out in the cul de sac society, launching in fall 2020! follow this blog for updates, and a casting call for voice acting!
