Oregon Trail, The
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573707551
Jane's trapped in her middle school computer lab playing "The Oregon Trail" for what feels like hours. The game becomes life and rips us back to the trail, 1848, where we travel in a covered wagon with Jane's great-great-grandmother.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- 105 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
As Game moves us, back, forward, and back again, Now-Jane and Then-Jane's sadnesses and delicately juxtaposed in this play-meets-video-game about depression, Then and Now.
REVIEWS:
"A feisty, formally inventive comedy! Wonderfully real and raw, horrible and funny!"
The New York Times
"Bekah Brunstetter has established herself as a sympathetic, keen-eyed chronicler of a flailing American middle class."
The New Yorker
"There is a sincerity and warmth to these young women, who display strength in their survival of the game of life."
The Village Voice
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 3F
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