Panelist feedback following a reading of These Altered Days at The Last Frontier Theatre Conference:

"Boy you had me . . . I loved this play all the way through." Paula Vogel, playwright
"I was crying, which doesn't happen very often for me." Emily Mann, Artistic Director McCarter Center
"I was intrigued from the beginning." David Esbjornson, director

THESE ALTERED DAYS
© 2004 by Steven A. Lyons
980 Middlefield Road • Berkeley • CA • 94708 • 510-704-8855
salyons@playcafe.org

Cast:
Two men, (20s and 40s). One child, 4-6 years old, non-speaking character.

Synopsis:
Michael, twenty years old, returns home to his apartment to discover that a version of himself from twenty years in the future has moved in. The forty year old Michael confronts the twenty year old Michael about his alcoholism. In turn, the twenty year old challenges the forty year old to regain the spark that drove him to pursue his passion, photography. Boiling beneath the surface is an unspeakable tragedy that the older Michael is desperately trying to correct.

A few bad words. This is an intense play, not appropriate for children.

Set and Prop Requirements:
Single minimal set of living room and kitchen area. Set includes snow falling and refrigerator with false back. This is not a "simple set" play.

Running Time:
65 minutes. Single scene. No intermission.

Full script is 61 pages. Click here to read the first ten pages of the script in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.

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Previous Productions:
Not produced. World premiere available.