CAST: 2M, 3F
SET: Simple interior set
TIME: About 20 minutes
Script:
$7.25 each Director’s book: $22.50 each
ROYALTY:
$40 First Performance
$40 Each Additional Performance
SET: Simple interior set
TIME: About 20 minutes
Script:
$7.25 each Director’s book: $22.50 each
ROYALTY:
$40 First Performance
$40 Each Additional Performance
This timeless play is not new, but has been newly updated and re-released to draw fresh attention to this proven and powerful contest winner.
As a matter of survival during the Great Depression, Lori married John Jacobson, a railroad worker 25 years older than her. He was a friendly man who loved Lori, though those feelings were not mutual. Tragically, John lost all his hearing as the result of a railroad accident, leaving the once vivacious Lori more lonely, isolated, and poor than she ever imagined she would be.
Lori falls in love with Kurt, a thoughtful, young railroad engineer who regularly stops by their secluded country cabin to play chess with her husband. While Kurt plays chess with the unhearing John, the lovers plot to run away together. In the final dramatic moments as a threatening wildfire grows nearer, their greed and yearnings destroy them all.
With intense suspense and drama, this powerful one-act tragedy offers incredible character arcs for all three principal actors.
As a matter of survival during the Great Depression, Lori married John Jacobson, a railroad worker 25 years older than her. He was a friendly man who loved Lori, though those feelings were not mutual. Tragically, John lost all his hearing as the result of a railroad accident, leaving the once vivacious Lori more lonely, isolated, and poor than she ever imagined she would be.
Lori falls in love with Kurt, a thoughtful, young railroad engineer who regularly stops by their secluded country cabin to play chess with her husband. While Kurt plays chess with the unhearing John, the lovers plot to run away together. In the final dramatic moments as a threatening wildfire grows nearer, their greed and yearnings destroy them all.
With intense suspense and drama, this powerful one-act tragedy offers incredible character arcs for all three principal actors.
Additional products available:
Director’s book: $22.50 each
Director’s book: $22.50 each
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