Photo by Alexander Zvir from Pexels AT THE RISE Center stage: A jail cell. CROCK alone, sitting on the bed, writing in a notebook. CROCK To himself, as he writes: Goddammit.I wish they never found my lethal injection.How unfair of them. People are queer.Especially people who write.Most especially people who write bucket lists.On death row. […]
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Photo by Luis Leon from Pexels A theatrical adaptation of Linda Gregg’s poem, Asking for Directions Me like a mare let out to pasture.The Tao does not console me. – Linda Gregg, Chosen by the Lion, 1994. TIME AND PLACE 1994.Aboard a passenger train, the Lake Shore Limited, Manhattan to Chicago, just arriving at Chicago’s
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Photo by Charles Parker from Pexels A man’s life ain’t worth a hill of beans except he lives up to his own conscience. I’ve got to give Josh that chance. – Friendly Persuasion, 1956 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto
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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
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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