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Oblong Box, The

While traveling on the SS Independence, Renelle runs into an old friend from college.

  • Short Play
  • Drama, Mystery/Thriller
  • 17 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
While traveling on the SS Independence, Renelle runs into an old friend from college. However, Renelle is surprised to find that Cornelius has not only gone through a change in personality, but is also transporting a very large piece of cargo. Renelle suspects a famous painting, but could the box's contents be something darker?

This play can also be performed as part of the full-length play An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.

  • Casting: 6M, 3F, 2M or F