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Death and Javier Miguel Lopez Guadalajara Asante

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A coffee stand vendor tricks Death into giving him his job.

Published in the collection Tongue, Tied and Other Short Plays.

Premiere Production: Death and Javier Miguel Guadelajara Asante was first produced by the Northwest Playwright's Guild at the 2000 April-Foolery Short Play Showcase. It was directed by Susan Chamberlain.
  • Casting: 3M
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

  • JOSÉ - a young barista
    DEATH - the stark and somber collector of souls
    SAMUEL - a city worker with a penchant for philosophy