Fermin CAST OF CHARACTERS Mindy Garcia. She/Her/Hers. 20s. Filipina American. College student. Journalism major. Fermin Tobera. He/Him/His. 20s. Filipino American. Store clerk. SETTING Inside the Watsonville General Store. Present (2019). Lights up on the interior of the Watsonville General Store. We see MINDY GARCIA, a 20-something journalism major, opening the front door and sticks her…
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SETTING A and B are sitting in a booth of a cafe as they are each working on their respective laptops. A No! B What happened now? A Jackson won POV! B Point of View? A No! The Power of Veto! B You still watch Big Brother. A I never stopped and now the entire…
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NOTE: This is a placeholder for my play #6 because it dawned on me that this is going to be a lot longer than a short play. But it’s here… for now. CAST OF CHARACTERS Carabao – The narrator of this tale Tikling Bird Tikling Bird’s Mother Land Developer An ensemble of tinikling bird dancers…
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SETTING Inside the front doors of a Walmart. CHARACTER Carlos. He/Him/His. 40+ Person of Color. Has a physical disability. Wears the Walmart blue vest as he works as a greeter at a Walmart. CARLOS Hello. Hi. Thank you for coming in today. Hola. Hi. Good afternoon! Hi. Thanks for coming in. Welcome. It’s busy this…
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SETTING A and B are squished in a telephone booth. A So, do you come here often? B Are you seriously trying to pick up on me now? A No. Maybe. B slams her palm against the phone booth window. B Help! Is anybody out there?! A Everything is so much louder in here. B…
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Happy to announce that my short play, RIVER’S MESSAGE, will be a part of the 2019 Short + Sweet Hollywood Theatre Festival! Beyond stoked and grateful! More info can be found here: https://shortandsweet.org/festivals/shortsweet-hollywood-2019 I’m going to HOLLYWOOD!
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CAST OF CHARACTERS AUDREY. She/Her/Hers. 20-40s. Food truck chef. Spouse of Franklin. FRANKLIN. He/Him/His. 20-40s. Food truck owner. Spouse of Audrey. SETTING Inside a food truck. AUDREY a 30-something chef working on a Filipinx Food Truck is cleaning a counter of the inside of the truck. FRANKLIN enters the truck and gives AUDREY a kiss…
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Cast of CharactersActor 1 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s.Actor 2 – Gender Neutral. 20s – 30s. ACTOR 1 Debbie got one yesterday. ACTOR 2 Debbie. Little Debbie? ACTOR 1 I wouldn’t call her that now. ACTOR 2 Of all the people- ACTOR 1 And you’re the only one left from Study Hall 251 not…
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So an interesting thing happened while I sat at my laptop ready to start Play Numero Two: I kept sitting in front of my laptop waiting for a play to come… and never did. Actually, I think it’s because my mind is flying in a lot of different directions that I’m not able to focus…
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Cast of CharactersDani (She, her, hers) 20-30s. Actor of Color.Mila (She, her, hers) 20-30s. Actor of Color. Fade up music: The Girl from Inpanema by Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto Dani and Mila are sitting in a couple of seats at a airport gate minutes before boarding a flight. They are both digging in their…
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