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Short Play, Drama / 2m
Tennessee Williams
Two haggard male figures meet at the edge of a vast canyon.
Two haggard male figures meet at the edge of a vast canyon, overlooking a dried-out riverbed, in a future where the fallout from unnamed and uncountable nuclear wars continually floats through the air. It is the chalky white substance that covers the few inhabitants as they scramble in darkness and fear, fighting for the scarce, but indispensable, resources of water, food, shelter and human warmth.
The Chalky White Substance premiered in a production by the Running Sun Theatre Company at Center Stage in New York City in May 1996 under the direction of John Uecker.
A century or two after our time. The chasm over a dried up riverbed