Car Plays

Car Plays debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse parking lot last spring. We moved from one car to another for ten minute plays. Sitting in the back seat, we observed an intimate experience between a cab driver and drunk high schooler. In another car, a father and son discussed his enlistment in the Marines while we watched.

Vehicle three provided a magical realism involving two women who discussed the death of one and her transformation into a seal. In the fourth vehicle we experienced a women who picked up a transvestite prostitute.  The last car play involved a woman in despair over her son's overdose.

Each story evolved through dialogue in an intimate setting.

Creative Write: Write a car play with two characters.  Choose a subject.  Dive into the middle of the action with the two characters interacting in the front seat.  Add comments as an observer.