PLAYS
PLAYS
The Next Move
A Play in One Act by William Fowkes
Sundays aren’t always relaxing anymore.
For Richard Seff and Dolores Sutton
SYNOPSIS
The Next Move presents an elderly couple
bickering their way through an afternoon while
waiting for company to arrive. In the process,
they uncover some disturbing things.
CHARACTERS
DONALD: An older man.
ROBERTA: An older woman, his wife.
SETTING
Their living room.
PERIOD
An April afternoon early in the 21st century.
The Next Move
The Next Move
A Play in One Act by William Fowkes
Sundays aren’t always relaxing anymore.
Staged reading presented at Octoberfest 2006 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York
Included in the Eileen Heckart Drama for Seniors Archives at Ohio State University
Available for first production and publication
Staged reading October 2006:
The Ensemble Studio Theatre Octoberfest
A Staged Reading Starring
Nancy Franklin and Ed Setrakian
Directed by
Wendy Peace
Rehearsal Photos
Who's Who
Nancy Franklin (Roberta). Member of the Ensemble StudioTtheatre. Broadway: A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, Charlie and Algernon, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine, The White House, Never Live Over a Pretzel Factory. Off-B’way: Seven Days of Mourning. Film: It's About Time (2005) and many TV shows.
Ed Setrakian (Donald). Member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Broadway: Salome, Almost an Eagle, Saint Joan, Days in the Trees, The Lovers. Off-B'way: Waiting for Godot, Nine Armenians, The Boys Next Door, American Days, Seduced, Felix. Film: Zodiac (2006). TV: The Sopranos, Law & Order, etc.
Wendy Peace (Director). A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Directing The Session by William Fowkes (finalist at the Strawberry One-Act Festival Winter 2005), The Dakota by William Fowkes (Best Short Play Award at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival 2005 at the Cherry Lane Theatre; also presented at Octoberfest 2005). Acting: Numerous productions throughout the United States and Canada. Lady Macbeth in Wilmington, North Carolina (2006), Olivia in the Piper Theatre Production of Twelfth Night (2005, the Yonkers Shakespeare Project), the TV show Last Breath on OLN, and The Holly & the Ivy in Manhattan (2005). Other: Wendy has as much fun on the ice playing hockey as she does on the stage.