For this year’s 24/7 at Live Arts (seven plays written and performed in 24 hours), we playwrights were given the theme Love, American Style, and I was gifted the specific prompt “I have a wooden leg!”. The result below was written overnight and performed just once the next day, March 2 2019.
Thank you to my friend and frequent partner, Leslie Scott-Jones, for taking this mess of a script and turning it into something magical. Kudos to my cast: Michael Swanberg, Jen Bottas, Lee Susen, Jessie Conover, and a special cameo by Browning Porter. Finally, thank you to Live Arts and Ray Nedzel for pulling this crazy event together every year.
The full playscript is below
(WALTER is sitting pensively at a table in a trendy coffee shop, nursing a cup. He has made an attempt to dress nicely. Hovering nearby is PETER, Walter’s penis. When Peter speaks, Walter hears him only subconsciously.)