The Plays of Steve Duprey
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Dear Uncle Harpo
(4 men, 2 women, unit set with pieces)
The Story
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What do two sixty something activist do after they’ve retired from the job they needed to have to survive? They take on a cause, of course. This slightly dystopian (although more and more realistic by the day) political thriller follows John and Tammy and their next-door-neighbor friends into what turns out to be a cause that is much more dangerous than they ever imagined.
With help from Uncle Harpo, a Lebanese national and Chester, the street-wise corner republican, the six of them get into some very serious trouble with an unnamed shadowy protection group trying to intimidate the general public into compliance with the current administration. Suffice it to say that when I wrote this the events in the news were flying fast and furious. My writing became predictive as things I would write one day would be in the news the next!
The Characters
JOHN BENDER (64) Hippy. Retired from a long life of many varied occupations including tai chi master, writer, part-time philosopher and clerk at both a health food store and an independent book store. Complete with long gray pony tail and Birkenstocks. Maybe even a tie-dye tee shirt.
TAMMY BENDER (64) His long-time partner. Retired now but spent 40 years as a public-school teacher. Her practicality balances John’s free-spirited personality.
MARTY SMART (68) JOHN’S oldest friend. Retired and now greeting at Walmart.
JANICE SMART (65) MARTY’S wife and TAMMY’S best friend.
CHESTER (70) A grizzled, and staunch conservative.
HARPO BAROODY (75), TAMMY’S Uncle from Memphis. She keeps in close contact with him every day.
VOICE Ominous, yet calm. Can be played by the same actor who plays MARTY.