Description
BREAKDOWN POINT – A VERY PSYCHIC COMEDY
Breakdown Point, in the middle of nowhere is a renowned dead spot for anything mechanical/technological. Today Ruth, a wild-haired, hobbling woman in a flowery dress (who also is a conduit for all spirits, vibrations and psychic energies) is expecting a few people to break down and thus be ready for everything she plans to show them. Adolf and Stella, a bickering couple arrive at the Point are the first to arrive, their tandem immobilised by a puncture and a broken chain, both blaming the other for their predicament in this psychic comedy.
This is followed by the sound of a car breaking down off, out of which gets Fee, a chaperone trying to get her two charges to a ‘Disorders & Syndromes Conference’: Bernice has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Terry has Tourette’s Syndrome. Bernice hates lack of order and is obsessed with things being locked whilst Terry has been hotwired to say types of fruit and veg when he is ticcing, blinking, humming, sniffing etc.
Before long the five visitors are at Ruth’s mercy as she ensures them ‘they never had a chance’ from the minute they started climbing the hill and that they should face up to the things in their lives whilst there, to try – with her facilitation – to repair the mental/spiritual breakdowns they are experiencing.
Then there’s a flash of lightning and everything goes dark…
PRODUCTION HISTORY
Devonport Repertory Tasmania, Australia – 2021
Other plays by British playwright Troy Banyan:
Stumped – a comedy about cricket
Bird Feud – a one act comedy about a petty feud
Author: Troy Banyan
Type: One act play
Genre: Comedy, psychic comedy
Cast: 4F 2M
Ages of the actors: 30s, 40s 50s and 60s.
Suitable for: All ages to watch, middle aged up to perform
Length: Around 30- 40 minutes depening on how it is played
Set: The whole play takes place in one simple set, at the junction at the brow of a hill. There are trees on both sides of the point and bushes along the back of the set. A bench is positioned centre right
Level of difficulty: 7/10 – getting the ‘Is it real or isn’t it?’ feeling across to the audience
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Copyright © December 2020 Troy Banyan and Off The Wall Play Publishers
Like this play? Others you may enjoy:
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Would you let me finish? Skit about psychics
Hikers – a strange meeting of two men on a hillside changes the course of their lives forever
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