Michael, twenty years old, returns home to his apartment to discover that a version of himself from twenty years in the future has moved in. The forty-year-old Michael confronts the twenty-year-old Michael about his alcoholism. In turn, the twenty-year-old challenges the forty-year-old to regain the spark that drove him to pursue his passion, photography. Boiling beneath the surface is an unspeakable tragedy that the older Michael is desperately trying to correct.
These Altered Days
GENRE: Full-length drama/comedy. Unproduced.
VENUES: College, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
RATING: PG for subject matter (alcoholism)
CAST: 2 male (one in 20s, one in 40s); One non-speaking part for male child actor (between 4 to 8 years old).
RUNNING TIME: 65 minutes. Single scene. No intermission.
SET: Single living room set with kitchen. Abstract/surreal set.
REVIEWS: These Altered Days had a reading at the Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Valdez, AK. Response from the distinguished feedback panel included the following comments:
- "Boy you had me . . . I loved this play all the way through." Paula Vogel, playwright
- "I was crying, which doesn't happen very often for me." Emily Mann, Artistic Director McCarter Center
- "I was intrigued from the beginning." David Esbjornson, director
- "I'm glad your play had such a good response. " Terrence McNally, playwright
HONORS:
- Staged reading at City Lights Theater in San Jose
- Staged reading in Actors Theatre of Santa Rosa New Works Festival
- Staged reading in Last Frontier Theatre Conference
- Finalist, Lark Theatre Playwrights Week
- 3rd place, Atwater Playhouse Play Writing Festival, Los Angeles
- 3rd place, Nancy Weil New Play Contest, Firefly Productions, New York City