ROULETTE

by: DOUGLAS HILL

Copyright © 2001 by Douglas Hill

CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned that Roulette is subject to a royalty. It is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America, and of all countries covered by the International Copyright Union (including the Dominion of Canada and the rest of the British Commonwealth), and of all countries covered by the Pan-American Copyright convention and the Universal Copyright Convention, and of all countries with which the United States has reciprocal copyright relations. All rights, including professional and amateur stage performing, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound taping, all other forms of mechanical or electronic reproduction, such as information storage and retrieval systems and photocopying, and the rights of translation into foreign languages, are strictly reserved.

Inquiries concerning all rights should be addressed to the author at Douglas@dhdrama.com

CHARACTERS

JANINE: A young woman. Twenties. Married. Talkative. Bitter. Desperate.
MATT: A young man. Twenties. Married. Sullen. Stubborn. Desperate.
 
SETTING
 
Sparse bedrooms in Tucson and Kingman, Arizona; and Boulder City, Nevada. The front seat of a car. A picnic table at a convenience store. The middle of
nowhere. The sidewalk of Hoover Dam.

THE PLAY:

SCENE ONE

SCENE TWO

SCENE THREE

SCENE FOUR

SCENE FIVE

SCENE SIX

SCENE SEVEN

SCENE EIGHT

NOTE: Roulette was developed at the 2001 New Plays Festival at the Cleveland Public Theatre as a staged reading under the direction of Dan Kilbane. Further development occurred at The Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas as part of the 2002 Play Pen Series under the direction of Chris Mann.

Roulette was performed at the Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca, NY under the direction of George Sapio.

Back to Script Archive

Home · Full-Length Plays · One-Act Plays · 10 Minute Plays · Monologues · Email · © 2000 TheatreHistory.com