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Hope and Gravity
Michael Hollinger
Escalator
by Tanner Heath, Matthew Waterman, Hunter McKenzie, Austin Hughes
Highlights
Synopsis
A group of individuals in mall get stuck on a broken escalator.
Only interested in their own lives and technology, tensions rise as they try to find the best way off of the escalator.
It isn't until they are able to band together against an snooty shopper by throwing her into a foutain that they are able to find a way to not only get off the escalator, but open up to the people around them.
Published in the collection T hespian Playworks 2015
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ALEX WILLIAMS Son of Helen Proctor, age twelve |
| JACK Seventeen, male. Withdrawn, kind, and geeky. |
| CHARACTERSMIRA Seventeen then eighteen, female, a student at Bloomington High School North in the year 2015 |
| CHARACTER 1 Teenage girl |
| ISOM PROCTOR African male, fourteen, adopted son of Helen Proctor |
| MAX Seventeen, male. Confident, handsome, and equally geeky. |
| NISHA Seventeen then eighteen, female, likewise |
| CHARACTER 2 Teenage boy |
| HELEN PROCTOR Unmarried tavern owner, mid-twenties |
| JUNE Seventeen, female. Enigmatic, vibrant, and down-to-earth. |
| CHARLIE Seventeen then eighteen, male, likewise |
| CHARACTER 3 Young girl |
| PARIS BLACKBURN British officer stationed in the colonies, mid-twenties |
| ABBY Eighteen, female. Self-assured, commanding, and conniving. |
| EMILY Seventeen then eighteen, female, likewise |
| CHARACTER 4 Man in his mid-thirties |
| MIRANDA GOOD Friend to the Proctor family, around sixteen |
| TINA Eighteen, female. Poised, observant. |
| KANSA (KAHN-suh), seventeen, female, a member of the Fort Ancient people in the year 1015 |
| CHARACTER 5 Woman in her twenties |
| ALEXANDER WILLIAMS Alex’s father, around thirty |
| DANNY Eighteen, male. Flirtatious, forward. |
| ACUERA (uh-KWEH-ra), seventeen, female, likewise |
| CHARACTER 6 Man in his twenties |
| DIANNE Seventeen, female. Ditzy, caring. |
+ 2 more characters
Publication
Escalator is a comedy play written by Tanner Heath and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $90 per performance$55 per short play individually
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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