The Things I Forgot

Show Description:

A preacher's daughter revisits her faith, family, and the victims of a sexual scandal, which tore her family apart nearly 40 years before.

With over 100 pairs of shoes, bouquets of flowers and four chairs, Virginia-based theatre artist, educator, and playwright Ingrid De Sanctis brings a deeply personal story to the stage in her new solo performance the things i forgot, a carousel of characters, stories, and memories written and performed by De Sanctis herself.

In the things i forgot, a preacher's daughter revisits her faith, her family, and the victims of a sexual scandal, which tore her family apart nearly 40 years before. Inspired by Ingrid’s own Pentecostal roots, this solo show is a theatre experience that inspires and challenges audiences to think about their own journeys through faith and family. Described as “part performance installation, part movement, part storytelling”, the things I forgot is a play about holding the truth, the weight of the truth, and the sometimes-rocky road to coming to terms with that truth.