The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll'd
by Jonathan Payne

Name: The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll'd
Brand: Jonathan Payne
SKU: 9780573707926
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

120 mins Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Awards & Recognition

Princess Grace

Synopsis

Karma's foster brother, Terrell, has gone missing, and she's trying to find him amidst the inner city chaos that is The Oblong – but his teacher can't remember his name, his foster mom is still cashing his reimbursement checks, and his ex is glad he's gone.

Where's the police, where are the reporters?

Karma seems to be the only one who cares, but the more she looks, the more she realizes that in The Oblong, caring only means trouble.

Press Reviews

"This is confident genre playwriting… Mr. Payne, whose day job is in social work, captures with clinical precision the defenses and despair of the chronically under-nurtured... an aggressive play about lives steeped in aggression."
— The New York Times

"Jonathan Payne’s The Revolving Cycles Truly and Steadily Roll’d doesn’t break the fourth wall so much as completely dismantle it."
— TimeOut New York

"[Jonathan Payne is] sharpest when he takes aim at the cynicism of those who would seek to use the misery of urban poverty as a way to push the story of their own righteousness."
— TheaterMania

"Arresting...These scenes present a picture of individual and systemic neglect and indifference."
— New York Theater

"Through Payne’s poetic language and keen psychological insight, the people of the Oblong seem multidimensional and real, even when they are pushed to their limits."
— TimeOut NY

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
KARMA (17) F, black. The lone detective.	—	—	(17) F, black. The lone detective.
MADAM ROSE PROFÍT (65) F, black. Proprietor of the Amigone Funeral Home, Inc.	—	—	(65) F, black. Proprietor of the Amigone Funeral Home, Inc.
THE BARBER (30s) M, black. Also plays	—	30s	(30s) M, black. Also plays
BALL PLAYER 2 and	—	—	and
GOTTO	—	—	—
THE OLD TEACHER (60s) M, white. Also plays	—	60s	(60s) M, white. Also plays
THE POLICE OFFICER	—	—	—
FOSTER MOM (20s) F, black. Also plays	—	20s	(20s) F, black. Also plays
THE EX and	—	—	and
BOY 3	—	—	—
YOUNG WOMAN (20s) F, black. Also plays	—	20s	(20s) F, black. Also plays
THE MOTHER and	—	—	and
THE PROTÉGÉ	—	—	—
BALL PLAYER 1 (20s) M, black. Also plays	—	20s	(20s) M, black. Also plays
DANTE ,	—	—	,
BOY 1 and	—	—	and
YOUTH	—	—	—
BALL PLAYER 3 (20s) M, black. Also plays	—	20s	(20s) M, black. Also plays
BOY 2 ,	—	—	,
THE FRIEND and	—	—	and
DEATH	—	—	—