Mortals
by Benjamin Connor
Mortals
by Benjamin Connor
About the Play
Comedy. 35-45 minutes. 4 females. Suitable for high school and older performers, and middle school and older audiences.
Winner of the New Voices One-Act Competition for Young Playwrights. Premiered at Mount Pleasant High School (Wilmington, DE).
Synopsis
Mary hunts for a missing family heirloom. Sam obsesses over landing a French-speaking date to the dance. Rebecca will do anything for a promotion at the ice cream shop. Meredith just wants to finish her essay. As a blizzard rages outside, two sleepovers simultaneously unravel amidst phone calls, mistaken identities and metaphorical shipwrecks. Four teens' tiny tragedies take on Shakespearean proportions as this farce for the digital age explores just how far desperation can take us, and what happens when there aren't enough happy endings to go around.
Synopsis
Mary hunts for a missing family heirloom. Sam obsesses over landing a French-speaking date to the dance. Rebecca will do anything for a promotion at the ice cream shop. Meredith just wants to finish her essay. As a blizzard rages outside, two sleepovers simultaneously unravel amidst phone calls, mistaken identities and metaphorical shipwrecks. Four teens' tiny tragedies take on Shakespearean proportions as this farce for the digital age explores just how far desperation can take us, and what happens when there aren't enough happy endings to go around.
