HEART.BEAT.
Drama. 10 minutes. 1w. Colleges +
A young woman realizes her own stregnth to change her life while her abusive husband is in Iraq. Commissioned by Dad's Garage Theatre for their 8 1/2 x 11 Festival 2006.
CHARACTER:
SHE - 25-30, fit. Dressed in running shorts and sports bra.
A street, now
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LAST TAPE
Drama. 10 minutes. 1w. Good for colleges and some high schools +
A lone woman confronts herself with a sobering realization about her life in this subtle omage to Beckett. As she begins half of a conversation ew realize she is recording herself onto a tape. Half-way through the play, the tape recording becomes the only relationship outlet she has, and must confess her news and circumstance: the cancer may not be gone after all.
A woman – the first time she is young and naive, the second time weathered but not bitter.
Her voice played back on tape – the woman as played the first time
A room with a table, chair, and tape recorder.
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LOS HUEVOS
Drama. 10 minutes. 2w, 1m
3 siblings recount the culinary adventures while making dinner for their parents anniversary. But is this a family celebration or a ritual of remeberence?
Characters:
MARTHA: The youngest. 11 years old. Creative.
LAURA: The middle child, 16. Confidant.
ERIC: The oldest, 20. Content.
Setting:
Some version of a kitchen.
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MASS
Drama. 10 minutes. 1w. Go
od for high schools +
A one-woman play exploring Lieserl, the true lost daughter of Einstein. Using relativity, the play presents a young woman searching for her father through space, time, and the history of science.
Character:
Lieserl – age 18, dark, serious girl. Dressed for today’s weather, but her clothes are dark and reminiscent of late 19th century style.
Today, somewhere nearby. A simple over-head projector nearby.
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Midnight Bull Fight
Drama. 15-20 minutes. 2w, 3m. Great for schools
5 young Civil Rights freedom fighters are dropped in the middle of Tennessee after protesting the infamous "Bull" Conner in Alabama. Can they make it to sunrise, and alive? Based on Rep. John Lewis’s autobiography, “Walking With the Wind.”
Characters:
School Girl: White, 10-16 years old
John: Black, 22-25
Bevel: Black, 22-25
Regge: Black, 22-25
Diane: Black, 22-25
May: Black, 22-25
Setting:
The middle of a smaller road, in a small southern town, 1961
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Or Not
HORATIO: remaining witness, male or female
OFFICER: voice of an authority, offstage.
Setting:
A police station interrogation room. One chair, one table.
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STEEL
Drama. 10 minutes. 2 actors. Good for highschools, college, +
A suicide bomber and victim meet in the eerie in-between of life and death. Is forgiveness an option or another trick?
Characters:
One - cocky,
Two - reserved but intense,
** Both written for female actors, but director should cast at will
Setting:
On a bridge.
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SHIFT
Comedy. 10 minutes. 1w, 1m. Good for high schools, colleges +
A hilarious exploration of science's perspective on women as two radio technologists discover an alien signal that leads to progressively more 50's sci-fi mentality. Commissioned by Dad's Garage Theatre, for 8 1/2 x 11 Festival 2005.
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Two Chairs:
The Short Way to a Happy Ending
Comedy. 15 minutes. 1w, 1m. Good for colleges +
Follows the lives (from birth to commitment) of two friends, as the turns of a long love play out in this quick, funny, honest play.
Characters:
Gretchen: 20s
Jake: 20s
Setting:
A room with two chairs facing the audience, their memories.
Allison Hastings in HEART.BEAT.
Lauren has been commissioned twice by Dad's Garage Theatre's 8 1/2 x 11 Festival for her short plays SHIFT, annd HEART.BEAT.
Steve Emanuelson and Allison Hastings in SHIFT
