Falling Lessons

by Anthony Dodge

Three siblings on the brink of losing their Mother, jump through the hoops of the byzantine Elder Health Care system, and ultimately find themselves a family at the end.

Three siblings on the brink of losing their Mother, jump through the hoops of the byzantine Elder Health Care system, and ultimately find themselves a family at the end.

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Falling Lessons

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  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center: Falling Lessons by Anthony Dodge
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    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Anthony Dodge and their play Falling Lessons as a finalist for our 2014 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

    It is the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's pleasure to recommend Anthony Dodge and their play Falling Lessons as a finalist for our 2014 National Playwrights Conference. The play rose through a competitive, anonymous, multileveled selection process that took nearly nine months to execute. As one finalist out of hundreds of submissions, the strength of this play’s writing has allowed this work to prosper in such a competitive selection process.

    ”
PRINCIPALS:
THE WRITER, a successful writer, mercurial, analytical. Age: Fifties
SISTER, his younger sister, the middle child, single. Age: Mid-Forties MOTHER, his mother, Age: Eighties
LITTLE BROTHER, his younger brother, the baby of the family, lives in Maui Age: Early- Forties
ENSEMBLE:
MAN 1 plays WHITE COAT (1), MARBLE HEARTED SURGEON, SUPER, COP, HEART, PANEL VOICE 1, LAST WHITE COAT. Age 40-50
WOMAN 1 plays WHITE COAT (2 & A), INSTRUCTOR, NEIGHBOR, BRAIN, SOCIAL WORKER, PANEL VOICE 4, Age 40-50
MAN 2 plays WHITE COAT (3), ER, TOO YOUNG RESIDENT, ER ATTENDANT, PANEL VOICE 2, PASTOR, STAGEHAND #2, YOUNG MAN. Age 25-35
WOMAN 2 plays WHITE COAT (4 & B), BROKER, PERKY YOUNG DOCTOR, COMPLETE STRANGER, EMT, STORMY WEATHER, PANEL VOICE 3, STAGEHAND #1 Age 25-35

Development History

  • Reading, Larry Hirschhorn, Producer, 2017
  • Reading, Naked Angels, Susan Dietz, 2014

Awards

  • National Playwrights Festival
    National Playwrights Festival, O'Neill Theatre Center
    Finalist
    2014