Plays

66. Into a Vacuum

Photo by Yasir from Pexels Nothing happens in a vacuum ….                                         – Khaled Hosseini TIME Time out of memory. PLACE Land of unseen giants. A second floor bedroom and window are atop a riser upstage. Beyond it is the hint of an ocean and a pea-green boat. CHARACTERS Many. SCENE 1 At rise in […]

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65. My Mother’s Eyes

From Wikimedia Commons When we see the Earth from space, we see ourselves as a whole. We see the unity, and not the divisions. It is such a simple image with a compelling message: one planet, one human race. – Stephen Hawking, Brief Answers to the Big Question, 2018. Dream on. – Aerosmith, 1973. TIME

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63. Ten Places at a Table

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.                                         – Carl Sagan TIME and PLACE Now.A large, sturdy table with room enough for

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62. The Run of Red Bull

Photo by Martin Péchy from Pexels What is good among one people is an abomination with others. – Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, 1958. PLACE and TIME A Chapel (stage right) denoted by a hanging stained glass window, a dumpster (stage left), and between the two a street on which there is a tall statue

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