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Towns, Otis (American playwright, 1978-____), “Are They All Like That?”

a 30-minute black comedy in English, set in a college dorm room, 2002,

3m;

  •  © 2002 by Otis Towns;  •  in Otis Towns’ Are They All Like That? (Saskatchewan, Canada: One Act Play Depot, 2002);  •  script/rights available from One Act Play Depot, Box 335, Spiritwood, Saskatchewan S0J 2M0, Canada, e-mail towns@oneactplays.net, telephone (home) 306-883-3130, fax 775-249-8151, http://oneactplays.net.  •  Cited by One Act Play Depot via ftp July 9, 2002; One Act Play Depot says,

  §  Dramatis Personae Jerry (m), college student, white; Dean (m), college student, white; Yu-Kwan (m), college student, Korean.

  §  Synopsis “When their Korean roomate chokes to death, his roommates fail to recognize the fact of his death.

  §  Comment “One scene, minimal properties.  No special requirements.”

  §  Themes cultural misunderstanding, death, racism, xenophobia.
 
 
 

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