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Nine (Shepard)

  • Jane Shepard
  • Short Play, Drama, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573663437

The kind of incredibly brilliant, piercing story that feels like skipping the cup of coffee and going straight to speed.

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Drama
  • 40 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Two women held in a life-threatening situation and the mind games they play to keep one another alive. Held in a room and chained apart, their only currency is words, and balance of power is everything when a single word becomes the hanging point between life and death.

Published in KickAss Plays For Women.
REVIEWS:

"Nine is a riveting, focused, and ultimately loving look at the power of human relationships to overcome the most inhumane circumstances. Jane Shepard has achieved the impossible task of linking the most grim with the most noble aspects of the human spirit. Nine left me breathless!"

Jesse Epstein, Cleveland Film Festival

One of the most amazing character dramas this critic has ever seen. Nine is the kind of incredibly brilliant, piercing story that feels like skipping the cup of coffee and going straight to speed.

James Brundage Shortstuff.com
Premiere Production: Nine was originally produced at the Circle Rep Lab in New York City in March, 1995. It was directed by Michele Coleman. The production was subsequently invited to run at the Currican Theater in New York, and the play was later turned into a film, produced and directed by the author.

Characters

  • Casting: 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Color blind casting, All Female

1 - tends to be a cooler personality, capable of remoteness
2 - warmer, with a slight tendency toward dependence

Both women are smart, resourceful, and capable of humor in the face of adversity.

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