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Sandra Hosking, M.F.A. |
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Playwright, journalist, teacher |
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Detours Synopsis (One-Act Version) |
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Phone: (509) 953-9928 |
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Productions – Spokane Civic Theatre Playwrights Forum Festival 2003
Running time - 30 minutes
Genre - Comedy
Setting
Place – Unit set: A remote stretch of highway, mid-morning
Time – The present.
Characters - 2 Male, 2 Female
Betty Miasmus – 30+, a highway construction flagger
First Traveler - Gregory Falls, early 20s, a recently fired convenience store clerk
Second Traveler – Jules Hamilton, 20-30, a business executive
Third Traveler – Boffo, 35+, a clown and former CEO of a tech company
Synopsis
Gregory Falls is on his way to anywhere. He just got fired from his job as a convenience store clerk for dipping his hand in the till. When his trip is delayed by road construction, he encounters people who otherwise wouldn’t give him the time of day—and highway robbery. |
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