True Believer

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by

Julie Harris Award Winner

Joseph Hullett

 

 

 prologue:   The Madman

1.      Friends   ( ♂ Man )

2. Grunion Hunt   ( ♀ Woman )

3. Something Borrowed,  Something Blue   ( ☼  Birth )

4. Gift of the Maggie   ( ┼  Death )

5. True Believer   ( ∞  Infinity )

epilogue:  Small World

 

Synopsis:

 

Man, woman, birth, death, infinity -- and bracketing the procession, a weary bartender who has seen the insubstantial pageant fade.

 

Award-winning playwright Joseph Hullett weaves seven glimpses of faith and the faithless into a memorable evening of quick-fire comedy and drama.

 

Performed as vignettes on an evocative, unit-set, the play is an integrated piece that dramatically uses single male and female leads as thematically related characters across a lifespan.

 

 

 Cast of Characters

Male Lead:

 

Andy:

A young cop. 30. Physical. Impetuous. Sentimental.

Pete Sheridan:

A headstrong man. 35+

Man:

He knows the woman like a weatherman knows the weather. 40+

Henry:

A husband. 55+

Socks:

A barfly whose rosary is his beer mug. 60+

Harvey:

Doris’ soulmate. 65+

 

Male #2

 

Marlow:

An educated barkeep who knows the value of true belief.

Waiter

Obsequious and bitter. They also hate, who only stand and serve.

Unhappy Man:

Marlow, a passenger who wants to go back.

 

 

Male #3

 

Jesus:

Pete’s friend.

Tommy:

A dead-end alcoholic saved by Grace.

Conductor:

The young man in charge

 

Female:

 

Ginny:

A psychology student. Sufficiently balanced to weigh options. 20+

Mara Lamb:

A cautious woman. 32.

A Woman:

Beyond the thin, shared walls of a motel room, she is almost forty.

Maggie:

A good wife. 50+

Doris:

A contented passenger. 65+