ONE ACT AMERICAN DRAMA

In a split second, your life can change. Just ask Levar Penningsworth, an African-American man who gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.  Levar is having a really bad day, and the day gets even worse during a fit of road rage that leads him to a world he could hardly have imagined – all he wants to do is get home in this one act American drama.

Out of gas and hopelessly lost in a small suburb where he is an
outsider, he wonders just how possible it’s going to be for him to
return home unscathed. He meets two characters, one of whom can get him the gas he needs to get out of town, but will he give it to him?

Everyone’s been lost before in a city they’ve never been in, or a road they shouldn’t have turned on. “Dislocations” is a horror story
without supernatural monsters, vampires or werewolves. It explores the stereotype of the “angry black man,” and the consequences of living up to that stereotype. It’s a story about America through the lens of an African-American searching for his way home.

Performance History:
Winthrop University Theatre and Dance, SC, USA – 2018

Author: Cornelius Fortune

Genre: One act American Drama

Type: One act play

Cast: Mains 4M 1F. Smaller parts 2M 4F 6N (1 liners or no lines) These smaller parts are not integral to the story.

Ages of the Actors: Adult actors

Suitable for: All ages

Length: Play Twenty minutes long

Set: Black box set (minimal set)

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – the set is imaginary and actor driven so a great play for festivals.

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