WHO’S THERE? A SHORT PLAY ABOUT DEMENTIA

When Jessie makes a surprise visit to see her mother, Helen, she is very alarmed. Helen is definitely not her usual self. The house is covered in dust, she has let the cleaning lady go, as too many things had gone ‘missing’ and her mind seems to be wandering. Jessie had intended to visit her mother one last time before flying to Paris where she had been offered her dream job, in the same company her brother used to work for a few years ago. Alarmed, she calls her brother for help. But, it seems his wife, in the final stages of her pregnancy and confined to bed rest, cannot be left alone and so it falls to Jessie to look after her mother. The only thing she can think of is turning down that dream job to look after her mother. But is there something else going on? A short play about dementia.

Other plays by Jean Blasiar about growing old:

Mom! A Comedy about mother’s in law
Alma – a ten minute character piece for a female actor
Passing – a Poignant Comedy about growing old together

Author: Jean Blasiar

Type: One act play about dementia

Genre: Poignant comedy

Length: 15-20 minutes

Cast: 2F

Ages of the actors: One young, one middle aged to older

Set: Present day, living room/entry of Minos family home, window facing street.

Level of difficulty: 7/10 – getting the acting correct, playing a person with dementia as they really are.

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Like this play? Other plays about Memory loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s

Tranquility Disturbed – two act dramedy about living with a relative with dementia
Two Brothers – a one act drama about two brotjers caring for their mother who has Alzheimer’s
Aldous Remembers – a romantic drama about a young man with memory loss and how he deals with it