Lions

By Crystal Rae

In a one - woman jaunt,  Pharaoh's Daughter recounts what it was like to raise the most famous adoptee the world has ever known, Moses.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crystal Rae
• Release date: Nov 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798989257911

Crystal Rae

Crystal Rae received a BFA in acting and directing from Abilene Christian University and  has studied acting under famed actress Ella Joyce. A writer for the stage and screen, Rae’s newest play, Code Feet, had a reading in the prestigious Metzler New Works Festival with the A.D.Players at the George Theater in Houston, Texas on May 24, 2022. Thanks to the joint efforts of Jonathan Williams of the Jonathan Williams Center for the Performing Arts in Beaumont, Texas and the now late Van Dirk Fisher of the Riant in New York, her play Tied, a one - man play, was the recipient of the Black Seed Grant Award and enjoyed a warm reception at its world premiere produced by On the Verge theatre in collaboration with The Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas.  Lions, a one- woman play, written and performed by Rae was chosen for the New York New Work Festival in 2018 and also won first place in the Houston Play on Purpose competition. She is more than elated that her newest work Lil’ Man Saves Christmas has been added to The Ensemble Theatre’s Tour Education. Her writing has also been featured in Houston’s Fade to Black Festival. She leads puppeteering workshops for incarcerated youth through Houston’s Brave Little Company and is writing and directing short films starring puppets for both children and adult audiences alike.  When she isn’t hammering out writing commissions you can find her annoying her neighbors with her tap dancing and amateur playing her banjo, Ellise Pearl. This theater educator by day and writer by night,  hopes to continue telling Sunday school stories through an adult lens for a postmodern world.  To learn more about her, the puppet films, and other wild endeavors visit www.crystalraeproductions.com

Book preview

Exodus 2:1-10 KJV

And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.  And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.

And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.

Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.

And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it.

And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.

Characters

Bithiah: Pharaoh's daughter and adopted mom of Moses.

Note

While all the roles are meant to be played by one woman, to help delineate when another character is speaking I’ve separated out the lines with character names.

That said, if a full cast show seems appealing, go for it.

Bithiah floats from present to past without breaks and segues as steam from a warm cup of tea leaves one form for another.

Setting

Inside