Small Things

HOYT has lost everything. With no job, no money, and no hope that things are going to get better,
he’s given up and is sitting alone in his apartment cleaning a revolver. He’s going to kill himself.

But the bell rings. And there stands DREW, who’s going door-to-door proselytizing
for the Assembly of Hubristic Evangelicals. “If you’ll give me just a few minutes,
I’ll tell you how you can experience the one true...

HOYT has lost everything. With no job, no money, and no hope that things are going to get better,
he’s given up and is sitting alone in his apartment cleaning a revolver. He’s going to kill himself.

But the bell rings. And there stands DREW, who’s going door-to-door proselytizing
for the Assembly of Hubristic Evangelicals. “If you’ll give me just a few minutes,
I’ll tell you how you can experience the one true god.”

Hoyt steps aside and invites Drew in. Which amazes Drew. No one’s ever let him in before.

As the two of them talk, they both find themselves deeply challenged, though in vastly different ways.
They are each, in their own fashion, in crisis. And finding each other, at this particular point in their lives, will prove pivotal for both of them.

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Small Things

Production History

  • Type University, Organization Numerous productions at colleges and theaters throughout the United States and in Australia, Year 2013
  • Type Workshop, Organization Wyong Central Coast TheatreFest - Wyong, Australia, Year 2013
  • Type Workshop, Organization The Theater at Hollywood and Vine - Plymouth, MA, Year 2012
  • Type Workshop, Organization The Theater at Western Springs - Western Springs, IL, Year 2012
  • Type University, Organization Baldwin-Wallace College - Berea, OH, Year 2009
  • Type University, Organization Tennessee Williams Literary Festival - New Orleans, Year 2007
  • Type University, Organization World Premiere One-Act Festival - Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, Year 2004

Awards

  • Kernodle New Play Competition
    University of Arkansas
    Finalist
    2006
  • Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
    Drury University
    Finalist
    2005
  • Arts and Letters Prize in Drama
    Arts & Letters – Journal of Contemporary Culture
    Finalist
    2005
  • Tennessee Williams Literary Festival One-Act Play Competition
    Tennessee Williams Literary Festival
    Winner
    2006
  • Robert R. Lehan Playwriting Awards for One Act Plays
    Westfield State College
    Winner
    2004