20 MAGICAL MINUTES OF DARKNESS & SILENCE & PEACE
a 10-minute dark comedy drama
By Tara Meddaugh
Grace, a raccoon, is begrudgingly charged to find, and bring back, her fellow raccoon who has gone missing after a shocking personal tragedy. When she finally finds the depressed Joffrey in a train station parking lot, he refuses to come back with her. Yet. Because he has something important he has to do first. In this parking lot. And he needs her help.
DETAILS
Genre: Dark comedy/drama
Setting: Parking lot
Cast: 1 male, 1 female (although flexible casting)
Age: late teens-late adulthood
Running time: 10-15 minutes
Good for: outdoor theater, 10-minute play festival, duo interp, showcases, festivals, play related to grieving, connections, friendship, tragedy, dealing with depression
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Photos from
1) Aery Festival, Philipstown Depot Theatre, starring Missy Flower and Miguel Angel Guzmán; directed by Nathan Flower.
2) Salem High School Theatre Arts production, directed by Jillian Thiele.
3) Premier production at Westchester Collaborative Theater at outdoor theater, Parking Lot Plays, starring Brian Bagot/Rob McEvily as Joffrey (Bagot pictured below) and Brenda Hettmansberger as Grace; directed by Susan Ward.
