Everyday Heroes
By Laurie Brooks.
Product Code: E49000
Full-length Play
Drama
Cast size: 3m., 3w. (Can be expanded to 4m., 5w., 2 to 4 either gender)
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Awards: The Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award
Rights and availability
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Synopsis
Kurt and Win Lawrence have spent their young lives taking care of their alcoholic mother. When a devastating fire decimates their home, the younger brother, Win, becomes a reluctant media hero, but the brothers harbor a terrible secret. As the media moves closer and closer to the truth, Win, with the help of a female firefighter, Jo Judson, must make a choice between loyalty to his brother and revealing the truth. Ultimately, the insistent voice of Win's conscience leads him to his decision, raising questions about heroic actions that save lives and heroic actions toward others based on personal ethics. The story of Everyday Heroes raises three questions:
What happens in the aftermath of a heroic event that is predicated on lies?Live cameras project the news scenes as they occur, creating a simultaneous broadcast so that audiences experience the play in two ways: as the actors play it and through the close-up projections of a live broadcast. Everyday Heroes was commissioned by The Kennedy Center Imagination Celebration of Salt Lake City in conjunction with the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.
How does the distorted truth of the media become more valid than reality?
What are the consequences of the silencing of the emotional lives of young men?
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code E49000
- Minimum Cast Size 6
- Pages of Dialogue 56
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 70 min
- Staging Simple area staging.
Categories
- Target Audience Young Audiences | Middle School | High School | College and Adult
- Performing Group High School | College Theatre | Community Theatre | Professional Theatre | TYA
- Genre Drama
- ISBN(13) 9781583423387
Media Reviews
"Though written before September 11, it's an incredibly apt comment on those events…the most important new play staged in Kansas City this season." -The PitchAlso By These Authors
