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Overview
Synopsis
Chuck serves customers day after day at the CVS in which he works. The rest of the workers have long abandoned a store that has almost been picked clean during the pandemic. Chuck is a man of few words, preferring to listen to the final voicemails from his late wife. Lost in his grief, the words and kindness of a stranger pierce through his sadness and we begin to see the man Chuck once was--and may be again.
“I believe in my mask – The man I made up is me.” -Sam Shepard
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Show Information
- Book
- Jesse Pasternack
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- Genres
- Drama, Dark Comedy
- Settings
- Contemporary, Unit/Single Set
- Time & Place
- A CVS in Azusa, California, January 2021
- Cast Size
- small
- Ideal For
- College/University, Community Theatre, Star Vehicle Male, Small Cast, Mostly Male Cast, Includes Adult, Mature Adult, Young Adult Characters
Context
Plot
Characters
| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Supporting |
Female |
Non-singer |
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Supporting |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Supporting |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Featured |
Female |
Non-singer |
Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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Guide Written By:
Alexandra Appleton
Writer, editor and theatre researcher