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Home > Browse > Do Not Go Gentle

Do Not Go Gentle

Competition Version

By Suzan Zeder.

Product Code: D72000

One-act Play

Drama

Cast size: 1m., 3w., 1 boy, 1 girl.

Limited Streaming Rights Available

Awards: The Charlotte B. Chorpenning Playwright Award

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Synopsis

Lillian Boedecker Barron is 84 years old, vibrant, funny, wise, and recently deceased! During her lifetime, Lillian shared a special, long-distance bond with her granddaughter, Kelly, and suffered an estrangement from her son Windsor, a Colonel in the Air Force, as he moved his family from base to base all over the world. After her death, Lillian discovers that she cannot "move on" until the rifts are somehow mended. Windsor and Kelly come from overseas to settle Lillian's affairs and are aghast to discover that the walls of her house have been painted with wild, sometimes humorous, sometimes horrific murals and drawings. As they unravel secrets of the paintings, the two make astonishing discoveries about themselves and a special relationship between Lillian and a neighborhood child. This powerful, poignant play explores the wonder of words and the transformative power of art as it offers humor and hope to anyone who is, or has ever been, a grandparent, parent, or a child.

Notes

Limited Streaming Rights Available

This special 40-minute cutting has been approved by the author for amateur competitions only.

Details

Status In stock
Type of Show One-act Play
Product Code D72000
Minimum Cast Size 6
Pages of Dialogue 33
Min. Royalty Rate $55.00/perf
Approx. Run Time 40 min
Staging Single set.

Customer Reviews

The audiences loved this production! Great story and a wonderful opportunity to feature young actors and be creative with set and area artists.

Joel Soukkala, County Seat Theater Company, Cloquet, Minn.

This was a great show and one that the kids really got into. They enjoyed the characters and the story line. The best part was that the actors painted all the painting for the walls. Since we used it for U.I.L. contest they painted on the wraps for the Pylons. It is a simple set so it travels well.

Orlando Flores, MacArthur High School Theatre, Irving, Texas

This play will make you laugh and cry. It explores the difficulties of our society as families are geographically and emotionally separated. I think there's a great message in this playÑthat we need to communicate with each other and work out our problems while there is time.

Karen Bohmfalk, Paradise High School, Paradise, Texas

This is a great piece that infuses dramatic situations with comic relief.

Jason Hewitt, L. G. Pinkston High School, Dallas, Texas

The students were able to really grasp the characters and relationships involved. A truly lovely, funny, sad and moving production.

Tanya Monet-Bakken, Campbellsport School District, Campbellsport, Wis.

Production Map

Location	City	State	Opens	Closes
Fulshear High School	Fulshear	TX	03/22/2025	04/12/2025
Bryce Taylor Auditorium, Alice High School	Alice	TX	03/08/2025	04/19/2025
Commerce H S	Commerce	TX	03/21/2025	05/10/2025