DEATH OF A GERBIL – A ONE ACT DARK COMEDY
Meet Darren. He is an ordinary fellow, with an ordinary job, in an ordinary office, in an ordinary building. He is also dead. He does not know that he is dead……yet. Or that Heaven has lost his paperwork. Or why he got hit by a Double Decker bus. He is about to find out that once you’re dead, things can only go down from there….
Death of a Gerbil, a dark comedy won Best original script at the 2009 Franklin and Friends festival of one act plays.
It also won the Best Individual Performance trophy at Wilmslow Guild Festival, in the United Kingdom in 2015.
Production History
Franklin and Friends Festival – 2009
Wilmslow Guild Festival, United Kingdom – 2015
Flagler College, Florida, USA – 2016
Oberlin High School, Ohio, USA – 2016
Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa – 2017
Manjimup Repertory Club, WA, Australia – 2017
Gros Morne Academy, Newfoundland, Canada – 2018
North Hawaii Players – Hawaii, USA – 2018
Esperance Theatre Guild, WA, Australia – 2018
University of Pretoria Department of UP Arts, Pretoria, South Africa – 2018
Torch Players, Limerick, Ireland – 2018
Western Nebraska Community College, NE, USA – 2022
Siena Heights University, MI, USA – 2022
Southern Connecticut State University, CT, USA – 2023
It is also one of our Best Sellers.
Author: Dewan Demmer
Cast: Two leads – one M, one F
One Supporting M
One Minor M/F role
Genre: Dark Comedy
Type: One act play
Difficulty Rating: 7/10 (Farce and timing)
Suitable for: Age 16 and above (mild language and religious references)
Ages of Performers: Early twenties to old age
Length: Thirty Minutes
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Copyright © September 2010 Dewan and Claire Demmer and Off The Wall Play Publishers
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