The Targeted
4F 2M - Full Length - 90-100 min
Welcome to the Unity and Hope Conference. A gathering of the most persecuted, tortured, and misunderstood people in the entire world. They call themselves Targeted Individuals, and they are victims of a vast and covert program of systematic torture, surveillance, and harassment by global intergovernmental powers. Over the course of this weekend in the woods outside of Boston they will discuss strategies to take down the deep state perps, bring awareness to their plight, and despite their suffering stay human. The Targeted is a comedy about connection, denial, the ideas we let consume us, and the itches we just can’t scratch.
CHARACTERS
RHONDA: Intense in a concerning way. Any race. 30s-40s. She/her
SHERRY: Minivan mom. Lilly Pullitzer. Chardonnay. Any race. 30s-40s. She/her
DIDI: The oldest. The kindest. Any race. 40s-50s. She/her
JEFF: Earnest. Terrifying. Any race. 30s. He/him
MIA: Intense in a Type-A way. BIPOC. 20s. She/her
ERIC: The youngest. Sweet. Gullible. BIPOC. 20s. He/him
Honors
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Waterford, CT, May 2020
Semifinalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, San Francisco, CA, February 2021
Development History
Workshop through “Off/Nights” Series, Broken Nose Theatre, Chicago, IL, May 2021
Reading, Broken Nose Theatre, Chicago, IL, January 2021
Workshop, First Floor Theater, Chicago, IL, November 2020
Workshop trough “New Work Week”, First Floor Theater, Chicago, IL, July 2019