Eyes of the Blind

The following is an interview with playwright Linnea Bond and director Gwendolyn Dreyer regarding the upcoming launch of the production, Eyes of the Blind, at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival. In this interview, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon chats with Bond and Dreyer about the inspiration behind the production, the cast and crew’s creative process in preparing for the show, what they hope that audiences will take away from the show, how you can purchase tickets, and more!

Barbra Dillon, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief: Your play, Eyes of the Blind, will soon be premiering at the Hollywood Fringe Festival this June. For our readers who may be unfamiliar with the show, how would you describe its premise?

Gwendolyn Dreyer: Christianity devours women.

Linnea Bond: Right. At its heart, Eyes of the Blind is a family drama that explores the false equivalency between submission and love. We follow Amy Bhaer on a journey home after another family suicide – her younger s

Los Angeles, CA (May 22, 2018) – Christianity devours women. It demands submission. For submission is love.

That chilling equivalence is explored in Eyes of the Blind, a brand new horror play making its world premiere in the ninth annual Hollywood Fringe Festival this June. The play’s voice and imagery certainly resonate, crafted by an all women-led production team.

Written by Linnea Bond and directed by Gwendolyn Dreyer, Eyes of the Blind follows Amy Bhaer on her journey home, after yet another family suicide. Her visit is short – only a week to help her father, Kenneth, pack away his youngest daughter’s life. Amy can endure anything for a week. Even Dad. Unable to cope with the guilt of a sister she barely knew, lost, Amy does not trust what she begins to see: her dead sister, Cassie. Apparitions sinister, she must face down decades of repressed familial insecurities to find truth in her family’s tragedy.

A critical and painful look at the confluence of masculinity, faith