Name: Keep on Truckin' - Canadian Drama Script about the Covid Shutdown
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KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ – CANADIAN DRAMA SCRIPT ABOUT THE COVID SHUTDOWN

Art and Shirely are successfully running a diner with the help of their granddaughter, Danielle. When Canada enters a Covid related shutdown their lives are thrown into turmoil. As the shutdown continues for nearly two years they face devastating personal loss and find their business on the precipice of closing. After the state passes vaccine mandates for truck drivers many of the diner’s customers find themselves forced to choose between taking the jab or losing their jobs. When a convoy of anti-mandate truckers enters Ottawa the city is faced with a movement that will leave Art, Shirley, and their customers questioning the meaning of freedom and send shockwaves that will reverberate throughout Canada. A Canadian Drama Script about the Covid shutdown and how it affected everyday people.

Other plays by Playwright Lauren Ennis

People’s war – Drama about the start of the Covid 19 Pandemic in Wuhan, China
All in the Past – Murder Mystery Play scripts
Straight to the Top – Screenplay about the Prohibition

Author: Lauren Ennis

Type: Full length one act play

Genre: Canadian Drama

Length: 62 minutes

Cast: 5M, 3F, 6N

Ages of the actors: Teens up to mature actors, mostly adult

Suitable for: All ages to watch, teens up to perform

Set: Shirley’s Temple Diner, Ottawa, Ontario Canada. There are several chairs and tables scattered throughout the diner, a countertop, and a television hanging from the ceiling playing a news broadcast on mute.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – Although the Pandemic was only a few years ago, the actors should bring forward to mix of anger, disbelief and terror that perpetuated our society at that time