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Dan Berkowitz started a midnight cabaret at a summer theatre in Princeton (NJ), and one week, the performers included a young Latin teacher from Trenton who asked Dan to help him with his act.  The guy was a terrific magician, and his gimmick was that he never said a word while doing his tricks. He called himself…Teller.



Last Right Before the Void by Jonathan Dorf

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About the Play


Christian describes “the void” to the Woman (Oak Park
High School, Kansas City, MO).

Dramedy.  2 males, 1 female.  Approximately 10 minutes.  Suitable for high school performers.  First performance:  $25.  Each additional performance:  $15.  Forensics license:  $12.50.  All licenses include permission to make copies of the script as necessary for production/competition.  Professional rights should be negotiated directly with YouthPLAYS at info@youthplays.com.

Premiered at Oak Park High School in Kansas City (MO). 

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Synopsis

The Woman broadcasts her final destination (Oak Park High
School, Kansas City, MO).

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?

 




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