That first step’s a doozy, but if you don’t take it, you’ll never get to where you need to be.
10,000 feet up, and two skydivers prepare to leap out of the plane. One is very nervous, making their first ever jump, for charity, the other has different reasons for jumping, and is missing something very important.
2 characters.
Selected for Bite-Size Plays' Big Breakfast at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Performed in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 2024
(and included in the Mervyn Stutter - daily pick of the fringe showcase)
Selected for the Canadian National 10-minute Play Festival, River & Main Theatre Company. Performed in Belleville, ON, Canada in August, 2024
Selected for Exit Theatre's Short Play Festival. Performed in Arcata, CA, USA in June, 2024
A winning entry in the South Simcoe Theatre Four Play Showcase. Performed in Cookstown, ON, Canada in June, 2024
Selected for Theater Makers Lab Crappy Valentine's Festival. Performed in Middletown, CT, USA in February, 2024
Honorable Mention in Tiger's Heart Players (New York, USA) 2nd Literary Competition.
Chosen for Fusion's The Second Seven Short Works Festival. Performed in Albuquerque, NM, USA, June 2023
A winning entry in the Pint-sized Plays 2023 Competition (UK). Performed in South Wales, UK in Sept/Oct 2023
Selected for the short list in the Short+Sweet Essex Festival, June, 2024 (Billericay, UK), and the Short+Sweet Yorkshire Festival, Jun-Jul, 2024 (Harrogate, UK)
photo: Thomas Willshire as Man and Liv Koplick as Woman, Bite-Size Plays, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2024.
Directed by David Frias-Robles