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Short Play, Drama / 3w, 10m
George Brant
Winner! 2008 Keene Prize for Literature Winner! 2008 David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award "The script is, like the best art, microscopically specific with echoes that radiate outward across time. Elephant's Graveyard buzzes with truth about the consequences of misunderstanding, the invisible but enormous gap between artists and their audiences, and the infernal beauty of vaudeville." - The Stranger, Seattle
The CircusRINGMASTER – obsessed with the bottom lineTRAINER – loves his workBALLET GIRL – a showgirl in controlTOUR MANAGER – bit of a bullySTRONGMAN – a proud muscleman from Europe’s far-off shoresCLOWN – a comedian with an inferiority complexDRUMMER – keeps the beatThe TownHUNGRY TOWNSPERSON – African-American, a steel-trap memoryMARSHAL – keeps the peaceMUDDY TOWNSPERSON – a haunted widowPREACHER – doggedly hopefulSTEAM SHOVEL OPERATOR – looking for escapeYOUNG TOWNSPERSON – excitable dreamerGUITARIST/HARMONICA PLAYER – sets the rhythmThe RailroadENGINEER – confident Time is on his side
Non-speaking musicians may be added to the production, particularly a Drummer and Guitarist. Roles may be played by any race or gender except when specified.
"The script is, like the best art, microscopically specific with echoes that radiate outward across time. Elephant's Graveyard buzzes with truth about the consequences of misunderstanding, the invisible but enormous gap between artists and their audiences, and the infernal beauty of vaudeville." - The Stranger, Seattle
"A theatrical masterpiece." – Columbia City Paper
"The most striking production in the (NSDF) festival." – Times of London
"Deeply moving...has the audience in stitches at the open and tears at the close." – TheSunCoast.com
George Brant’s plays include Grounded, Marie and Rosetta, Into the Breeches!, The Prince of Providence, Elephant’s Graveyard, The Land of Oz, Tender Age, The Mourners’ Bench, Any Other Name, Salvage and Grizzly Mama. An Affiliate Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, his scripts ...
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