Shoes
Short Play, Drama / 3m
When two brothers come face to face with a strange shoeless visitor who can barely speak English they must overcome their differing opinions and decide how best to help him, bringing the siblings together on a touching, personal level. Published in New York Stories: Five Plays About Life in New York.
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Cast Size
3mDuration
30 minutesSubgenre
Not ApplicableAccolades
Not ApplicableSuggested Use
- Scene work
- Competition or audition material
Target Audience
- Appropriate for all audiences
Additional Info
Jim struggles to run a failing diner in a bad neighborhood. His brother drops by once a week to give him a hard time. On one such visit, they come face to face with a strange shoeless visitor who can barely speak English. Is he a bum? A homeless man? Is he lost? Was he mugged? A searing conflict over how to help the mysterious visitor brings the brothers together on a touching, personal level and they realize just how important family is.
Published in New York Stories: Five Plays About Life in New York.
Considerations
Performing Groups
- High School/Secondary
- College Theatre / Student
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Reader's Theatre
- Shoestring Budget
- Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Cautions
- No Special Cautions
License details
- Minimum Fee: $45 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, Present Day
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Setting: A small diner. Downtown in a large metropolitan city. Six a.m. on a Monday morning in the present. The dead of winter.
- Additional Features: Not Applicable
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Music
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
Casting
3mJIM - owner of the diner.
TONY - his brother
A FOREIGNER
Cast Attributes
- Not Applicable
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Authors
Jason Milligan
Jason Milligan's many stage plays have been performed in numerous productions across the United States, as well as in Canada and Europe. Thirty-seven of his plays are now published by Samuel French Inc., including ...And Then the Rain Came to Mayfield; Cross Country; New York Stories; Southern Exposures; The Prettiest ...
View full profileSHOES was originally produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville on May 29, 1984, under the direction of Robert Spera. The set was designed by Sandra Strawn and the production stage manager was Chip Washabaugh.
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