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Goodnight, Tyler

  • B.J. Tindal
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy
  • 3M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573708114

Desperate to control the contradicting narratives of his untimely passing, Tyler haunts his best friend as his other friends and relatives quibble over his legacy, seeking an elusive common ground. A contemporary and unexpectedly humorous drama.

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
"Tyler Evans was a beloved best friend, grandson, mentor, and (almost) husband." "Tyler Evans was a young Black man killed by a police officer." Goodnight, Tyler is the ghost-love story of Tyler Evans, a dead Black man who wants to be remembered for who he was rather than how he died. Only able to speak with his childhood best friend, Davis, Tyler demands his 'legacy' be protected. He wants to make peace before he leaves Chelsea, his fiancée; Drew, his college buddy; and his grandmother. Fannie (all of whom consider themselves Tyler's 'favorite').

When Shana, a local college student, shows up at the house with an old jacket of his, Tyler quickly loses control over the narrative of his life. His loved ones fight over his affection, his best friend spirals into deep denial, his student doesn't understand why he hangs around so many white people. Now left behind, these five people struggle to learn how to love each other. In a story about loss, intimacy, fear, and white supremacy, Tyler comes face-to-face with the reality of whose frief matters and whose lives matter most.

REVIEWS:

"Part acerbic satire about race relations, part bromantic comedy, Goodnight, Tyler is a thoughtful and heartfelt examination of racial identity."

 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

Premiere Production: Goodnight, Tyler premiered at Alliance Theatre's Hertz Stage under the direction of Kent Gash, 2019.
  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s)

  • TYLER EVANS - Black male, 26
    FANNIE EVANS - Black female, 76
    DAVIS - White male, 26
    CHELSEA - White female, 26
    SHANA - Black female, 22
    DREW - White Male, 25
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    "Tyler Evans was a beloved best friend, grandson, mentor, and (almost) husband." "Tyler Evans was a young Black man killed by a police officer." Goodnight, Tyler is the ghost-love story of Tyler Evans, a dead Black man who wants to be remembered for who he was rather than how he died. Only able to speak with his childhood best friend, Davis, Tyler demands his 'legacy' be protected. He wants to make peace before he leaves Chelsea, his fiancée; Drew, his college buddy; and his grandmother. Fannie (all of whom consider themselves Tyler's 'favorite').

    When Shana, a local college student, shows up at the house with an old jacket of his, Tyler quickly loses control over the narrative of his life. His loved ones fight over his affection, his best friend spirals into deep denial, his student doesn't understand why he hangs around so many white people. Now left behind, these five people struggle to learn how to love each other. In a story about loss, intimacy, fear, and white supremacy, Tyler comes face-to-face with the reality of whose frief matters and whose lives matter most.

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