IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? AWARD WINNING ONE ACT BRITISH DRAMA

“Acting is attracting” (as said by Jack McFarland) is a statement that Laura and Will believe is their only shot at rekindling the dead flame of what used to be their marriage in this award winning  one act British drama script.

After fourteen years of trying to make it work, Will suggests role playing which Laura agrees to only because she loves him. After all, without the element of love at the centre of the effort they have both made to stay together, Will and Laura would have nothing.

Coincidentally, or maybe not by coincidence at all, in their eventful (and somewhat disastrous) night of role playing they encounter an unmarried couple doing the same thing. Through their meeting with Andy and Carrie, Laura and Will are faced with the reality that
there may very well be one right way to role play (or be married?) and their way might not be it. The odds become favourable for the married couple when the unmarried couple’s experienced role
playing backfires randomly, teaching Will and Laura the most
valuable lesson of all: you cannot build on anything which was built on nothing to begin with.

Performance Accolades:
‘Is This Seat Taken?’ won Best New Play at the 2015 Welwyn Drama Festival.

Performance History:
Service Players, Isle of Man,  UK, 2017
Infinite Imagination, Alberta, Canada – 2017
Bacstage Drama Group, Cambridgeshire, UK – 2017
Boca Ciega High School, FL, USA – 2018
Witenberg University, OH, USA – 2018
University of North Alabama, AL, USA – 2019
Bunbury Repertory Club – WA, Australia – 2019
Drama Society TuDublin, Dublin, Ireland – 2021
Birnam Players, Pitlochry, United Kingdom – 2022
M.A.D.C., Santa Venera, Malta – 2022

Author: Sean Baker

Genre: Romance

Type: British one act script

Cast: 2M 2F

Ages of the Actors: Adult actors

Suitable for: Adults

Length: 40 minutes

Set: A hotel bar, with tables and bar stools

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – characterization

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Copyright © April 2016 Sean Baker and Off The Wall Play Publishers

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