A Contest of Wills
Premiered in June 2018 at Madison's Broom Street Theatre
Virtual production by Ubiquitous Players, Chicago, 2022
SYNOPSIS:
Three generations collide in this 21st century American saga of greed, lust and murder. Will Masters, Jr. suffers the theft of his inheritance, his home and his lover by his own father, a shell of a man corrupted by privilege and fortune. Struggling to build a life for himself in a “sharing economy” that provides scant opportunity, and in a family that offers betrayal, the son attempts but fails to find redress. In a desperate hail-Mary, his mother contrives a most final resolution. In this post-Trump ruin of America, God is dead, and so is morality. Each character asks the same question: what’s in it for me?
SETTING:
Lakeview neighborhood, Chicago. Late winter, 2018. A sidewalk crosses in front of a tidy bungalow rented by Will Masters, Jr. A few steps lead to a small front porch and entrance. The house is cut away to reveal a humbly renovated ‘great’ room with minimal furnishings, IKEA style. A breakfast bar separates the living area from a nominally functioning kitchen. One door upstage leads to a bedroom and another to a back porch which provides an entrance from the backyard.
CAST:
WILLIAM MASTERS, SR. (DAD)
WILLIAM MASTERS, JR. (WILL)
CYNTHIA ALVEREZ
POLICEWOMAN
EVELYN MASTERS (MOM)
Available on Amazon
This play is available for reading on my NPX website at - Coleman | New Play Exchange for people with memberships.
Virtual production by Ubiquitous Players, Chicago, 2022
SYNOPSIS:
Three generations collide in this 21st century American saga of greed, lust and murder. Will Masters, Jr. suffers the theft of his inheritance, his home and his lover by his own father, a shell of a man corrupted by privilege and fortune. Struggling to build a life for himself in a “sharing economy” that provides scant opportunity, and in a family that offers betrayal, the son attempts but fails to find redress. In a desperate hail-Mary, his mother contrives a most final resolution. In this post-Trump ruin of America, God is dead, and so is morality. Each character asks the same question: what’s in it for me?
SETTING:
Lakeview neighborhood, Chicago. Late winter, 2018. A sidewalk crosses in front of a tidy bungalow rented by Will Masters, Jr. A few steps lead to a small front porch and entrance. The house is cut away to reveal a humbly renovated ‘great’ room with minimal furnishings, IKEA style. A breakfast bar separates the living area from a nominally functioning kitchen. One door upstage leads to a bedroom and another to a back porch which provides an entrance from the backyard.
CAST:
WILLIAM MASTERS, SR. (DAD)
WILLIAM MASTERS, JR. (WILL)
CYNTHIA ALVEREZ
POLICEWOMAN
EVELYN MASTERS (MOM)
Available on Amazon
This play is available for reading on my NPX website at - Coleman | New Play Exchange for people with memberships.