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Tomorrow Game

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w

This post-apocalyptic drama about two of the last people on Earth explores the power of human connection. But in this world, friendship can prove more dangerous than isolation.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2019 Harold and Mimi Steinberg KCACTF Award

Details

Summary

Bell and Roe live in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that is so far gone they don’t even remember a time when there were grocery stores, safe drinking water, or 911. They each live in isolation, until they happen to meet. Bell shows Roe a game: take off your mask and see if you can breathe. Try this vegetable, and see if you wake up. Read a poem. Do more than just not die.

Bell may also have ulterior motives. Roe’s shelter is stocked with years worth of canned goods and other priceless resources. Is their friendship true—or just another game?

History
Tomorrow Game premiered as a reading at Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA on 28 January 2021. The play was later presented in readings at Echo Theatre Dallas and the Kennedy Center.
Cast Attributes

BELL – F. Small. Whip smart but careful not to show it off. Gifted is not a thing anymore. Calculating but also sometimes impulsive. Tough but not that strong. A good liar. Lonesome.

ROE – F. Physically imposing. Not chatty but she is paying attention. Instinctive, careful. Athletes are not a thing anymore. Strong but only sometimes tough. A bad liar. Lonesome.

  • Time Period The Future
  • Setting A world of profound solitude and constant danger. Yesterday, today and tomorrow.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

Videos

  • Tomorrow Game – Excerpt at the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards (46:26) youtube thumbnail

    Tomorrow Game – Excerpt at the Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards (46:26)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Brandy N. Carie

Brandy N. Carie is a playwright, screenwriter and librettist, based in LA but originally from Minnesota, whose work explores Americana, apocalypse and what happens when nice girls get mad. Carie is a winner of the Sloan/CMU Screenwriting Competition for her canine genetics ro ...

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