Poster Design by Sarah Marchand, featuring Banafsheh Taherian, Anand Rajaram, Breanna Maloney, Aris Tyros

Cooking for Grief, a one act play by Breanna Maloney, presented by Alma Matters Productions, invites us into a therapy session as it unfolds in real time. This small group is brought together by their substance addictions related to grief. Our focus is on Rob (Aris Tyros). He shows up late and doesn’t seem particularly welcomed, at first, by the other members—Monique (Banafsheh Taherian), Tory (Maloney) and their facilitator, Wes (Anand Rajaram). We learn that Rob previously left the group on not-the-best of terms and they are understandably resentful of his desperate reappearance related to a recent DUI charge. Continue Reading