Category: Plays
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Internet Dating: A Play, Part Four
Part Four (see here and scroll down for Parts One – Three) Lights up on a bar. Woman has revealed the contents of her baggage, the suitcases, travel bags, makeup kits, gym bags, hat boxes, and a trunk on wheels. They were all full of books. Except the hat box. The hat box contained a…
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Internet Dating: A Play, Part Three
Part Three Lights up on a bar. A Woman enters carrying suitcases, travel bags, makeup kits, gym bags, and hat boxes, and pulling a trunk on wheels. She situates herself and her baggage at the bar. Bartender appears. Bartender: What can I get for you? Woman: New screen name. Bartender: No more TK421? Woman: Nope.…
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this whole idea of “internet plays”
So this whole idea of “internet plays” is evolving in ways that bear explanation. The posts I have written in dramatic rather than narrative form, such as “Internet Dating: A Play,” and older posts like “A Woman and Her Doctor,” are intended to serve the same function as a “creative non-fiction” blog post. My hope…
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Internet Dating: A Play, Part Two
Part Two A Woman leans against a bar, drink in hand (gin martini, dirty, extra olives). Other Women and Men mill about, flirting. Man wearing fedora approaches. Man: Hi there … (peering at nametag) … TK421. Want to get a drink sometime? Woman: (Toasting.) Well, I’ve got a drink. Thanks. Man: WHY DON’T YOU JUST…
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Internet Dating: A Play
Part One A Woman leans against a bar, drink in hand (gin martini, dirty, extra olives). Other Women and Men mill about, flirting. Man approaches. He speaks with an Italian accent. Man: Hey there … (peering at her nametag) … TK421. Wishing you a very lovely beautiful day as you are. Woman: Okay. Thanks. Leans…
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A Woman and Her Doctor
A Woman and Her Doctor a short play by Holly L. Derr Scene One A WOMAN and her DOCTOR. Doctor A: What can I help you with today? Woman: I’m here for procedure 132. Doctor A: Procedure 132. Pause. Doctor A: Procedure 132A or 132B? Pause. The DOCTOR hands her a pamphlet. Woman sighs. Scene…
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The Idiot (I Know)
The Idiot (I know) by Holly Derr Scene One Girl A: I’m an idiot. Girl B: You’re not an idiot. Girl A: I’m an idiot. Girl B: You’re not an idiot. Girl A: I’m an idiot. Girl B: You’re not an idiot. (Pause.) Girl A: I’m an idiot. Scene Two Girl A: You’re an idiot.…
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a short play written on the occasion of the assassination of osama bin laden
This Mother Jones article about how much we still don’t know about what happened in the Bin Laden raid reminded me of the short play I wrote that weekend. I was frustrated at how certain the media seemed of the narrative, particularly when their version of it confirmed their preexisting biases, and wanted to write…
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Unemployment: A Play
An office. A fluorescently lit, cubicley structured, windowless, office. Scene one A: So, what qualifications for this job do you particularly view yourself as having? B: Well, if I could ask – the ad was a bit vague – what are the qualifications for this job – I mean, what are you hoping to –…
Holly L. Derr 