Things Fall (Meanwhile)
Barton Bishop
Falling Distance
by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr.
Highlights
30 mins Present Day Role(s) for Indigenous Actor(s) Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy
Synopsis
Adam, longing for his lost love Shiyo, is trying to fly.
His Uncle, the ageless and otherworldly Ink, helps him using a special mirror that transports the user.
Shiyo, pining on the other side of the mirror, is having the same conversation with her Aunt Thomie, equally as agless and otherworldly.
The lovers reach through, connected, and so do Ink and Thomie, recconecting as past lovers.
A sweet, ethereal play, using intelligent literal mirror scenes about love and longing.
Press Reviews
"The dip into the supernatural is perhaps most effective in Wood Bones and Falling Distance. However, the supernatural elements that act as a unifying tool really only serve as a backdrop for plays that at their heart are about homecomings and identity, assimilation and exploration, external and lateral violence, family conflict, and community connection."
— Sara Pillatzki-Warzeha, Project MUSE
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| FROG JUMPS THE GROUND Man, late 40s. |
| ELMO BLAINE A teenager. |
| ELAINE JUMPS THE GROUND Spirit, 30s. |
| NINA Woman, early 20s, wife to Frog. |
| TYLER GRANT Man, late 40s. |
| EMERSON A teenager. |
| DENISE A teenager. |
| DANCER and |
| WARCRAFT DANCERS Tormentors of Frog and Elmo. |
| ERVIN BIRD A man, late 70s. |
| MINA FLYNN A woman, late 70s. |
| MC ANNOUNCER Mid-50s.Various |
| DANCERS of various styles. |
Publication
Falling Distance is a comedy play written by William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. and published by Samuel French .
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