Two Quick Shots
4F 2M - Full Length - 100-110 min
Millie works for an in-home pet euthanasia service. As she waits outside her friend's home preparing to do something awful, she thinks back on the pain she's witnessed, the pain she's caused, and her efforts towards recovery. A story about addiction, dead pets, mothers, daughters and our attempts and failures at being our best selves.
CHARACTERS
MILLIE…………………………………………………………………………………………36, she/her
DAVE………………………………………………………………………………….….....28 he/him
JANIE (/ GIRL 1)…………………………………………………….……………..14, 16, 19 she/her
ANGELA (/ GIRL 2 / DAUGHTER) ………………….…………14, 16, 19, she/her
MOM /DEB /WAITRESS / CARRIE …………..……………….30s, she/her
DAD / DOCTOR / WAITER / DAD 2 ………………...….…30s, she/her
Development History
Reading, Jackalope Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, March 2019
Developed through Jackalope Theatre Company’s Playwrights Lab, led by Calamity West, Chicago, IL, Fall 2018
L to R: Rio Ragazzone, Nora Hunt, Liz Sharpe, Mary Tilden, Isa Arciniegas, Bernie Balbot, Vince Williams. Down: me, very cold and very bundled. From March 2018 reading dir. Regina Victor.