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The Long View

  • Alan Haehnel
  • Short Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 11M, 10F
  • ISBN: ps1795

Through a series of short scenes and monologues, this powerful play explores the repercussions, both short term and long, of a single event in a young person's life.

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Drama
  • 60 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2009 Vermont State One-Act Festival
    Winner! 2009 New England One-Act Exhibition
On a seemingly ordinary day, an explosive fight occurs at a high school when Travis, a bully, confronts his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, Nate. Though the actual encounter lasts only a moment, the effects of the incident linger in the memories and lives of all those who witnessed it.

Through a series of short scenes and monologues, this powerful play explores the repercussions, both short term and long, of a single event in a young person's life. At the play's end, the physical confrontation is illustrated once more, but now with a much broader perspective.
REVIEWS:

"A vivid, excruciatingly honest rendition of a slice of American life... Overall, one of the most beautiful dramatic pieces of its time. It's moving, honest, disturbing, gritty, sad, hopeful and always real."

 Michael J. Curtiss, Vermont State Festival Adjudicator

"Like a magnifying glass observed from radically different perspectives, you took us from the focal point of an explosive event to its consequences in people's lives in the broader context of time and then brought us back again. Thank you for a powerful and thought-provoking performance."

 New England Drama Council Commendation

"This is an excellent metaphor for all our lives -- the human comedy unfolded before us and how one act can effect so many people."

 William Menezes, Vermont State Festival Adjudicator

"I want to thank you for bringing real life, real pain, real hope."

 Charlie McMeekin, Vermont State Festival Director

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  • Casting: 11M, 10F

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On a seemingly ordinary day, an explosive fight occurs at a high school when Travis, a bully, confronts his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend, Nate. Though the actual encounter lasts only a moment, the effects of the incident linger in the memories and lives of all those who witnessed it. Through a series of short scenes and monologues, this powerful play explores the repercussions, both short term and long, of a single event in a young person's life. At the play's end, the physical confrontation is illustrated once more, but now with a much broader perspective.

$19.95

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