Nelson
by Sam Marks
Synopsis
Nelson is the story of a young man caught between two worlds.
By day, he works as a low-level assistant to a film talent agent.
By night, Nelson is the camera man for an underground, gang-related videotape series.
As the videos become increasingly dangerous and popular, Nelson develops an overwhelming obsession with a C-List actress.
Eventually, Nelson's two worlds collide with disturbing, unsettling results.
The play is a darkly comic look at the guilt dream of a man trying to find something authentic in a world of two very different kinds of film.
Press Reviews
"A funny-creepy play by Sam Marks"
— Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times
"Marks continues to offer a fresh urban voice. Nelson grabs your ear from the outset with its halting staccato street talk, and in the fine office scenes, Nelson’s racist boss attacks him with a Mamet-like patter of disdaining sarcasm."
— Time Out New York
Publication
Nelson is a play written by Sam Marks and published by Samuel French (2008).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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