“Carryon”

Bollow, Ludmilla (American playwright, writer, actress, 19__-____), “Carry-on,”

a 10-minute bare-stage play in English, set no specific place, no specific time, 1f (+ m or f voice); • © 1998 by Ludmilla Bollow; • in Ludmilla Bollow’s Carryon (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: The Author, 1998); • script/rights from Ludmilla Bollow, 314 West Sugar Lane, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53217, U.S.A., e-mail bollow@earthlink.net, telephone (home) 414-352-8370, http://home.earthlink.net/~bollow/. • Cited by Ludmilla Bollow, via ftp September 12, 1999; Bollow says,

§ Dramatis Personae Laurena (f), no specific age; Voice (m or f voice), authoritative, yet gentle, like that from an airport announcement speaker.

§ Synopsis “Laurena rushes onto bare stage in nightgown amid airport noises. The Voice states that she must hurry to leave. She argues to take along just one carryon. What would be that one thing begins a debate with the voice. Laurena’s grasp loosens as she begins the transition from reality to unreality.

§ Comment “Your last flight—what would you want to carry-on? A simple play with layers of meaning, eliciting various personal reactions. A very portable play. • Premiered at University of Maine, playwriting contest winner, 2000.”

§ Themes afterlife, bare stage, death, flying, leaving, reality, separation

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