Who's Out There!
by United States National Aeronautics And Space Administration, Jack Krentzlin

Name: Who's Out There!
Brand: United States National Aeronautics And Space Administration
SKU: 9780573625862

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act 40 mins Present Day Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

A successful New York Play director has undergone an emotional and personal crisis.

He is trying to get back on his feet and his friends are reaching out to try to help him.

Unfortunately, people have never devised a system of really communicating with each other, as he talks to first the janitor, then the young girl who rescued him from alcoholism, then the woman he is in love with, then the producer and friend who is putting on his come back play, and finally his son.

He, and they, fail to really understand the other's needs.

They even fail to understand their own needs.

This failure is played out at all levels.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
KURT ENGELS In middle forties, graying slightly; hawk-like look. A man who has known trouble but who has survived it.	male	—	In middle forties, graying slightly; hawk-like look. A man who has known trouble but who has survived it.
SAM PARRISH An old man, middle sixties, approaching seventy; totally uneducated but with pride.	male	—	An old man, middle sixties, approaching seventy; totally uneducated but with pride.
JANIE A beautiful young girl in her early twenties. As the play says, stunningly beautiful but with a hurt look in her eyes.	female	—	A beautiful young girl in her early twenties. As the play says, stunningly beautiful but with a hurt look in her eyes.
SECOND GIRL Attractive young girl in her early twenties who would be a friend of Janie's.	female	—	Attractive young girl in her early twenties who would be a friend of Janie's.
ELAINE Stunningly beautiful woman in early or middle forties, who, because of her complexion and figure, appears to be in her early thirties; charming.	female	—	Stunningly beautiful woman in early or middle forties, who, because of her complexion and figure, appears to be in her early thirties; charming.
CHARLIE Middle-aged man in late forties, early fifties. As the play describes him, the appearance of the ex-athlete; thinning hair and thickening waistline; an extrovert.	male	—	Middle-aged man in late forties, early fifties. As the play describes him, the appearance of the ex-athlete; thinning hair and thickening waistline; an extrovert.