Last Right Before the Void is published by YouthPLAYS. Click the above button to open a new window and order a perusal copy or performance rights.
About The Play
Comedy. 2 males, 1 female. 10 minutes. Suitable for high school and older.
Premiered at Oak Park High School in Kansas City (MO).
Synopsis
Christian hitchhikes on a dark highway in Minnesota, waiting near the last exit before a seeming black hole. On the other side of the road, a woman carrying a sign saying “Alaska” hitchhikes in the opposite direction. When Christian crosses the road, reality shifts like a kaleidoscope. Is he a fugitive? Has he run over his stepfather with the man’s own car? Is he a community college dropout? Is the woman his mother or Medea? And is the man who arrives Elvis? Or Darth Vader? Or Christian’s father? Are the aliens landing any minute? Or is none of it real, and Christian’s just a kid stuck outside his house on a freezing cold night trying to negotiate his way back in?
Online Playwriting Class Starts on May 21st! I will be teaching a month-long online playwriting class through Writers University beginning on May 21.
Festivals, Festivals, Festivals I am excited to be attending a number of national conferences in the coming months. First up, the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska in late June, where I'll be teaching a quartet of writing workshops and hanging out at the Playscripts booth!
The Locker Next to Mine Now Available
My new play, The Locker Next to Mine, is now available. It's a full-length drama, though spiked with humor, about teen suicide and dealing with loss. I'm looking for a group to stage the world premiere. Could that be you?
Though the one-act version, available from Playscripts, stands on its own (and is perfect for competition!), this play was always intended to be a full-length composed of three acts: Rumors of Polar Bears, Ursa Major and Northern Lights. Look for the other two plays in the cycle sometime in 2012.
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