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Red Roses for My Lady

Short Play, Drama  /  1w, 1m

Stephen Levi

The parents of Little Banjo, a 14 year old runaway, clash when the tortured, alcoholic mother discovers that her husband is planning to run off to revive his failed country music career. He feels he cannot live without performing and she believes she will not survive without him and the boy. She bra…

Red Roses for My Lady

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    1w, 1m

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The parents of Little Banjo, a 14 year old runaway, clash when the tortured, alcoholic mother discovers that her husband is planning to run off to revive his failed country music career. He feels he cannot live without performing and she believes she will not survive without him and the boy. She brandishes a loaded rifle to stop him. The intensity of their pain, regrets, love and loss escalates as they face an unthinkable choice: must one of them die? Selected for the California Institute of the Arts New Plays Festival. Published with Cherry and Little Banjo and The Gulf of Crimson in Cherry Soda Water
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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Stephen Levi

Stephen Levi
Stephen Levi earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the Film School of the California Institute of the Arts in directing for theatre, video and cinema and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from the Theatre School for Independent Study in acting and playwriting. An alumnus of Los ...
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