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dEAD dOG pARK

A pursuit through an abandoned building ends in a four-story fall that changes Officer Rob McDonald and thirteen-year-old Tyler Chapin's lives forever.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 85 minutes

  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
A pursuit through an abandoned building ends in a four-story fall that changes Officer Rob McDonald and thirteen-year-old Tyler Chapin's lives forever. Everything that happens next hangs on one question: did the young black boy fall on his own or was he pushed by the white cop on his heels?

A collage of scenes weaves through the events that follow as Tyler's mother seeks a savvy lawyer's counsel and Rob faces those who doubt his actions, from his wife, to his partner, to the jury, and to himself. It's twelve years before he's ready for answers once and for all -- and Tyler's the only one who has them. A timely drama about the shifting nature of truth and responsibility.
REVIEWS:

"dEAD dOG pARK is a testament to the political and human power of theater."

 Theatre Is Easy

"dEAD dOG pARK presents multiple perspectives of a complex social issue that has taken center stage in America's news cycles... a play that should be seen by everyone to encourage an essential discourse about civil rights."

 Broadway World

"Powerfully bold... character-driven, intelligent dialogue."

 NY Theatre Guide

"An intriguing, topical, and though-provoking piece of drama."

 Huffington Post, Arts & Culture

"Malawer tackles the social and economic fallout of residual racism, the unjust legal system, police brutality, and the travails of law enforcement by focusing on this one incident and plunging it into uncertainty."

 Blogcritics.org

"Malawer provides a complete and honest inventory of the collateral damage involved... this is a play that will stimulate many a conversation; for that alone, it's worth seeing."

 L&S Online

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 2F

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A pursuit through an abandoned building ends in a four-story fall that changes Officer Rob McDonald and thirteen-year-old Tyler Chapin's lives forever. Everything that happens next hangs on one question: did the young black boy fall on his own or was he pushed by the white cop on his heels?

A collage of scenes weaves through the events that follow as Tyler's mother seeks a savvy lawyer's counsel and Rob faces those who doubt his actions, from his wife, to his partner, to the jury, and to himself. It's twelve years before he's ready for answers once and for all -- and Tyler's the only one who has them. A timely drama about the shifting nature of truth and responsibility.

$24.95

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