Spit in Yazoo City

Spit in Yazoo City

Spit in Yazoo City

Spit in Yazoo City

Spit in Yazoo City

Overview

In Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1945, Army Recruiting Officer William Blane's dull routine of lousy dart throwing is interrupted by a handful of unexpected visitors, one of which is a ten year old boy named Spit who rushes in looking for his missing brother Buck, who's gone off to the war. Blane discovers that Spit is an only child and has created this story to run away from home. The two form a friendship in which Blane steps forward as a role model for the young boy and Spit teaches Blane, among other things, how to hit a bull's eye.

Published in Southern Exposures: Five Plays About Life in the South.

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Details

  • Genre: Period
  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Cast Attributes: Features Children, Roles for Children, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences

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 the Samuel French imprint of Concord Theatricals, including ...And Then the Rain Came to May ...

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