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How a Boy Falls

  • Steven Dietz
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573710315

A contemporary mystery with a dark comic edge, How a Boy Falls is a taut psychological thriller exploring how past events can be weaponized to shape the present.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
The disappearance of a young boy casts suspicion on his newly-hired au pair, as well as on the wealthy parents who have hired her. As the parents seek revenge upon one another, the young au pair is hatching a plot of her own. How a Boy Falls is a psychological thriller with a dark comic edge about the way in which past events can be weaponized to shape the present.
REVIEWS:

"A tense, anxious thriller... masterful plotting."

 Chicago Tribune

"Steven Dietz’s crafty and ultra-twisty storytelling... a shiveringly chilly work."

 Chicago Sun-Times

"Unquestionably gripping."

 Daily Tribune

"75 minutes of taut and tight theater... great storytelling."

 Around the Town Chicago

Premiere Production: How a Boy Falls premiered at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, IL on January 23, 2020.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F

  • CHELLE – A woman, 29.
    SAM – A man, 30.
    PAUL – A man, 52.
    MIRANDA – A woman, 50.
    MITCH – A man, 35.

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    The disappearance of a young boy casts suspicion on his newly-hired au pair, as well as on the wealthy parents who have hired her. As the parents seek revenge upon one another, the young au pair is hatching a plot of her own. How a Boy Falls is a psychological thriller with a dark comic edge about the way in which past events can be weaponized to shape the present.

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