CHARACTERS
WRITER aka MARSHALL (Male as written but flexible. Non-specific ethnicity and age) – Stressed out, defensive, neurotic, damaged.
PRINTER (Female as written but flexible. Non-specific ethnicity and age) – Latest model. Smart. Detached. Vengeful.
WARD (Male, flexible age) – Writer’s younger half-brother. Successful, compassionate caretaker.
JULIE (Female, non specific age) – Competent television talk show host, also doubles as DOCTOR and MANAGER.
TIME: The Present
PLACE: Writer’s apartment, Anytown, USA.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: In the style of “A Beautiful Mind,” or “Farinelli and The King,” the Printer is voiced by a physical person who is unseen by the Writer, but follows the printer as it’s moved around the stage. We’re never really sure if the printer’s dialog is all in the writer’s mind or not.
Bambi Everson is a playwright, actor, and teaching artist. Her full-length, THE THIN MAN IN THE CHERRY ORCHARD enjoyed a sold out run at the 2019 New York Fringe Festival, and is available in paperback from The Drama Book Shop and Amazon. Her plays have been produced at Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Hudson Guild, Emerging Artists Theatre, and The Little Theatre of Alexandria, VA. Her work tends to incorporate oddball characters and situations, from from screwball comedy to dark melodrama.
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