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The End of 'I'

Short Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 2m

Diana Amsterdam

Jerome started having intimations of mortality when his motorcycling buddy was killed in an accident. The reality of death weighs on him like an anchor dragging him into madness. Only two things can calm him: racing like the wind on his motorcycle and lying in his loving wife's arms. She is getting …

The End of 'I'

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
When his motorcycle buddy dies in an accident, Jerome starts obsessing about death. "The end of I" weighs on him like an anchor dragging him into madness. Only two things can calm him: racing like the wind on his motorcycle and lying in his loving wife's arms. She is getting worried -
particularly when he suggests that they visualize death together. Funny, morbid, true, this play is a favorite of college theater departments.
History
First presented at the West Bank Cafe, Manhattan, New York, 1989, directed by Anita Khanzadian.
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Performing Groups
JEROME - late 30s
ALICE - late 30s
CURTIS - late 30s
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Composite set representing a mountaintop, a bedroom, and a city street.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"The meaning of life in an intricate web of obsession, strength and love." -Bernard Parry, review of Priestley Center for the Arts production, UK

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $55 per performance
    $90 with other plays in collection

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Authors

Diana Amsterdam

Diana Amsterdam
Diana Amsterdam is a New York based playwright whose work is published by Samuel French, Playscripts, Broadway Play Publishing, St. Martins Press, and Smith and Kraus, and produced all over the world, with translations in five languages. The 2011 production of her play Carniv ...
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