Ella
3M, 2F · 45 mins
Ella is on the run after a life-changing tragedy, desperate to leave her past behind. She is an artist who no longer knows how to sculpt. Can a nineteen-year-old, white, gator- hunting farm boy named Cutter help her get her life back on track?
Published in Best American Short Plays 2009-2010 (Applause), available here.
A monologue from the play is published in In Performance: Contemporary Monologues for Men and Women Late Teens-20s (Applause), available here.
A monologue from the play is also published in Best Monologues from Best American Short Plays: Volume Two (Applause), available here.
Rights and individual copies available by contacting Dano here.
Productions:
Kinsella Magnet School of the Performing Arts, Hartford, CT
Fordham University Theatre Program, NYC
Rutgers Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ
Character Descriptions
ELLA, African American, 29
MATTY, African American, Ella’s ex-husband, 30
VANESSA, Ella’s sister and a student at the University of Washington, 22
CUTTER, a white Florida farm boy, 19
CHARLES, a student at the University of Washington, 22
