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Someplace Warm

Short Play, Drama  /  2w, 3m

Peter Macklin

A rape survivor who finds she is pregnant must decide if she wants to raise the child with help from her best friends, a gay couple who long for a child of their own.

Someplace Warm

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Faith-Based
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival

Details

Summary

A rape survivor who finds she is pregnant must decide if she wants to raise the child with help from her best friends, a gay couple who long for a child of their own.

Published in Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 26th Series.

History

Someplace Warm was presented by Emerging Artists Theatre in August 2001. 

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Performing Groups

MARIE – Thirty-one-year-old woman. White.
MAX – Forty-four-year-old man. White.
STEVEN – Forty-year-old man, Max's husband. Black.
CLAIRE – Fifty-one-year-old woman. Marie’s mother. White.
DOCTOR – Sixty-five-year-old man. White.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting

    An abortion clinic to start – but then, theatrically, the setting changes.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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Authors

Peter Macklin

Peter Macklin

Peter Macklin’s first play, Someplace Warm, won the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival and was subsequently published by them, with excerpts in Smith & Kraus’ Best Women’s Monologues series. The Acting Company produced his play A Beautiful Building as a staged ...

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