“Ticking”
Dorf, Jon (aka Jonathan C. Dorf, American playwright, screenwriter, script consultant, teacher, 1971-____), “Ticking [formerly Pot Play],”
a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set in the Doe family kitchen, morning, 1999,
3m
; • © 1999 by Jonathan C. Dorf; • in Jonathan C. Dorf’s Ticking (Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: The Author, 1999); • script/rights available from Jonathan C. Dorf, 7125 De Longpre Avenue #209, Los Angeles, California 90046, U.S.A., e-mail jon@jondorf.com, http://www.jondorf.com, telephone (home) 323-512-5273. • Cited by Jonathan C. Dorf, via ftp August 5, 2000; Dorf says,
§ Dramatis Personae John Doe (m), 40, a door-to-door gun salesman; Jay Doe (m), 15, John’s son; Johnny Doe (m), 10, John’s son.
§ Synopsis “The gun is missing from the pot on the right rear burner at the Doe house, replaced by an egg. John Doe accuses his teenage son, Jay, of taking it, which Jay denies. John tries to get his younger son, Johnny, to tell him if Jay has taken the gun, and eventually the truth, that Jay took the gun and threw it in the garbage, comes out. John retrieves the gun and tries to force Jay to return it to its rightful place.
§ Comment “One scene, with no special technical requirements and minimal set requirements. The roles of Johnny and Jay could be played by young actors or by adults. May play together with “Foreplay” and “Replay,” or stand alone. • Prospective producers should go to Home Page of Playwright and Screenwriter Jon Dorf, http://www.jondorf.com/.”
§ Themes brother-brother relationship, family, father-son relationship, gun, gun control, kitchen, school.
See also Jon C. Dorf’s
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"A-Bomb Wedding," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in a twenty-four hour convenience store, late at night, 2001, 2m
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"Beef Junkies," a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set on a suburban road, just before 5:00 p.m., the near future, 2m1f
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"Bookends," an absurd comedy in English, 2m2f, a comedy set in a small university library, March, 1996, 2m2f (1 male can be female; 2f can be doubled)
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"Crash Positions," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in an airplane in the air, 1997, 1m1f
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"F-Stop," a 10-minute dark comedy, set in a living room, early afternoon, 1997, 1m1f
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"From Shakespeare with Love?," a 45-minute comedy in English, set in an airport, various Shakespearean settings, 1:00 a.m., 1999, 2m2f
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"Jesus at the Taco Stand," a 10-minute dark comedy-drama in English, set outside a mental health clinic, Friday evening, 1998, 1m2f
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"Last Right Before the Void," a 10-minute comedy in English, set in a dark highway in Minnesota, or outside a house, U.S.A., late at night, 2000, 2m1f
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"Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Youth Facility Not Near Omaha," a 10-minute comedy-drama in English, set in a bedroom in a foster care facility, an afternoon, 1995, 2m
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"Play's End," a 25-minute dark comedy in English, set in the Doe family living room, late afternoon, 1996, 2m
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"This Magic Moment," a 35-minute comedy in English, set in an apartment living room, late afternoon, 2001, 1m1f
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"The Wash," a 10-minute dark comedy in English, set in the laundry room of a New York apartment building, 9:00 p.m., Friday evening, 1m1f
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"Whatever Happened to Godot?," a 10-minute ironic comedy in English, set in a drab apartment, morning, 2003, 3m
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"The White Pages," a 25-minute comedy in English, set in a used bookstore, two successive mornings, 1996, 2m2f
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"X Marks the Spot," a 10-minute comedy in English, set somewhere in the American midwest or a similar landscape, 2001, 1m1f
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"You're Next," a 17-minute drama in English, set in a storage room off a high school boys locker room, sometime before lunch, 1997, 2m
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