THE WILTING PRESS – TWENTY MINUTE PLAY ABOUT LIFE AND HELPING OTHERS
Imagine if you had a problem, one that you couldn’t find a solution to. You don’t want to ‘look for help’ at this stage, preferring to try to sort it out yourself. What if you then went for a walk in the park? On a bench a Wanderer jovially sits with a tattered book in this twenty minute play. The book is a wilting flower press full of the wanderer’s memories. You sit down. You talk about love, family, life, and what it means to have a conversation that matters.
Three strangers encounter the Wanderer. Burdened by their respective circumstances, each Stranger shares their time and woes with the Wanderer, hoping to move forward. And so the Wanderer, armed with words and a wilting press, mends these disillusioned hearts with one phrase: “Care to share your troubles?”
The wanderer asks only for a flower for their press from each stranger in return. Will we ever find out why the Wanderer helps these people? Perhaps not. But maybe that isn’t important.
Other plays by Ash Crestfelt – Someone to Remember – a one act teen drama
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Las Cruces High School, NM, USA -2019
Author: Ash Crestfelt
Type: One act play
Genre: Drama, teens, play about life
Cast: 1M, 4N
Ages of the actors: Teens up to adults
Suitable for: All ages to watch and teens up to perform
Length: Twenty Minutes
Set: A park bench and a bush/flowers beside it.
Level of difficulty: 5/10 – a play that has a simple message – to do good for others, and easy to perform
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