Blood Pact by Frances Mary McKittrick Role: Hanna Directed by Katherine Dean Horton Vertigo Productions, Northwestern University, Shanley Pavilion
November 2023

An original, full-length play about four best friends spending the summer after fifth grade on Cape Cod. The twelve-year-old girls navigate the stakes of talent shows, summer camps, puberty, sexual violence, and murder. A complex exploration of every aspect of girlhood, the light and the dark, that centers on young Hanna as she tries to understand what it means to grow up.

“The actors brilliantly portray the complications of girlhood. Goddard effortlessly shifts between anger, sadness, pain and devastation.”

- The Daily Northwestern

Five young women standing in front of a light-colored wall with cloud patterns, some with crossed arms, one giving a thumbs-up, some smiling, others making serious expressions.
Four young women posing together indoors, smiling, with dark wall chalkboard behind them covered with writing. The woman on the far left has dark hair with purple hair clips and wears a denim jacket and teal dress. The second woman from the left has curly light brown hair, wears a white sweater with stripes and light blue jeans. The third woman has dark wavy hair, colorful earrings, a tie-dye shirt, and bright skirt. The woman on the far right has blonde hair, a gray sweatshirt with 'ennis' written on it, and a backpack.
Four women at a stage or theater, two wearing pink feather boas and sunglasses, posing with crossed arms, two others in the background laughing and modeling accessories.
Young woman climbing red ladder on playground at night, wearing striped shirt, shorts, and sneakers, with a playful expression.
Group of four people hugging tightly on stage, with one person wearing a cap and others with long hair, against a painted sky backdrop, with a visible black speaker on the right.
Two women standing side by side, one with blonde hair in a braid wearing a white tank top, and the other with dark hair in a ponytail wearing a purple hoodie and leopard print top, with emotional expressions.
Five young girls standing on a wooden playground structure at night, with a spiral slide and blue railings.
Four women dressed in colorful, playful outfits with feather boas and sunglasses, posing in front of a painted backdrop of a sky with clouds.
Group of actors taking a bow after a play, with audience clapping and smiling in the background.
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