“Jesus at the Taco Stand”

Dorf, Jonathan C. (American playwright, screenwriter, theater teacher, 1971-____), “Jesus at the Taco Stand,”

a 10-minute dark comedy-drama in English, set outside a mental health clinic, Friday evening, 1998,

1m2f;

  •  © 1998 by Jonathan C. Dorf;  •  script/rights available from Jonathan C. Dorf, 7125 De Longpre Avenue, Apt. 209, Los Angeles, California  90046, U.S.A., e-mail jon@jondorf.com, telephone (home) 323-512-5273.  •  Cited by Jon Dorf via ftp January 10, 1999; Dorf says,

  § Dramatis Personae Mary (f), a waitress; Jane (f), Mary’s friend.

  § Synopsis “Mary, a breast cancer survivor and a waitress at a taco stand, arrives at her survivors group.  Her friend, Jane, another survivor, points out that something about Mary is different.  It doesn’t take Jane long to figure out that Mary’s partially removed breast is back and intact.  It turns out that Mary received it earlier that day as a ‘tip’ at the taco stand where she works from a man claiming to be the Messiah.  But with the new breast, Mary no longer qualifies as a survivor, and Jane won’t let her come to group anymore.  The Messiah shows up, and Mary tries to get him to take the breast back—the group is her life—but he can’t. Jane invites the Messiah to take Mary’s place in group, and as the play ends, a desperate Mary is ready to cut off the offending body part.

  § Comment  “Synopses and excerpts of this and other plays by Jonathan Dorf are available on his website, www.geocities.com/jonplaywright.”

  § Themes belonging, breast cancer, friendship, Messiah, restoration, self-mutilation, survival, survivor group, taco stand, tip.
  See also Jon Dorf’s

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