Mortality – A Play about Hearing that You’re Going to Die

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Brenda, mother of four, is enjoying life. She lives with her four kids, all grown up, but not showing any signs of moving out yet. One night, her slightly eccentric neighbour, Celeste comes over bearing her Astrology charts. Celeste has a bit of a reputation for being able to predict the future, although the part about John coming into money and Pete meeting a nice girl have yet to come true.

For Brenda it’s a bit of fun, sitting down, playing with the charts and all having a few drinks together. But tonight Celeste gazes at the charts like normal, turns a bit pale and then informs Brenda that she’s going to die!

 

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play about hearing you're going to die

MORTALITY – PLAY ABOUT HEARING THAT YOU’RE GOING TO DIE

Brenda, mother of four, is enjoying life. She lives with her four kids, all grown up, but not showing any signs of moving out yet. One night, her slightly eccentric neighbour, Celeste comes over bearing her Astrology charts. Celeste has a bit of a reputation for being able to predict the future, although the part about John coming into money and Pete meeting a nice girl have yet to come true.  For Brenda it’s a bit of fun, sitting down, playing with the charts and all having a few drinks together. But tonight Celeste gazes at the charts like normal, turns a bit pale and then informs Brenda that she’s going to die!
Brenda is typically skeptical, but when John hears he’s getting $20 000 and Pete actually meets that girl at the gym, she starts to panic! A play about hearing that you’re going to die.

Other plays by Australian playwright Robert Luxford:

The Frankenstein Factory – sci fi drama about letting a murderer go free
Empty Places of the Heart – family comedy script about finding love and moving on
Cash for Christ – satire about religion

Author: Robert Luxford

Type: One act Play about hearing that you’re going to die

Genre: Comedy with elements of drama

Cast: 4M 3F

Ages of the actors: Four young, two any age, one middle aged to older

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

Length: Thirty five minutes

Set: There is a table centre stage  in the living room of a house.

Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – this is a poignant comedy that deals with dying, but it is a comedy so take care to play it with sensitivity but not to let it get too heavy.

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Copyright © June 2023 Robert Luxford and Off The Wall Play Publishers

Like this play? Other plays about dying:

Party – a play that celebrates life and death
The other side – monologue about what happens when you die
The Beach house – farcical comedy in two acts about pretending someone is still alive

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