A father and son try to talk through walls that have taken their lifetimes to build. They have not seen each other in a long time and may not see each other again. Each yearns to make contact with the other, in fact has need of the other, and yet each wants to maintain the safety of the status quo. Their struggle to communicate takes place as they wander through Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills, looking for the grave marker of John Barrymore.
15 pgs. Open stage, a bench, perhaps an indication or two of a cemetery
REVIEW: “In minutes we get a relationship, a tension, a history, a well of emotion, a conflict of generations, a miniature canvas of spoiled lives and empty dreams. And it’s a comedy — or at least it’s very funny when it’s not breaking the heartstring that stretches between fathers and sons, parents and children. It’s an impressive piece of writing, everything a one-act should be…” - LA Herald Examiner