TOUCH THE MOON One Act Play, 3 Characters

by Arianna Rose

[30 minute play]
Hamilton College Senior Thesis Production, Clinton NY 2024
Camel City Playhouse One-Act Festival, Winston-Salem NC 2024
William Inge Theater Festival Playlab reading 2022
Windsor UK Fringe Festival (20-minute version) 2020
Know Theatre Artists & Playwrights Festival, Binghamton NY 2019 (20-minute version: under the former title A BIG OCEAN)
Finalist, 2020 Kenneth Branagh Award for Drama...

[30 minute play]
Hamilton College Senior Thesis Production, Clinton NY 2024
Camel City Playhouse One-Act Festival, Winston-Salem NC 2024
William Inge Theater Festival Playlab reading 2022
Windsor UK Fringe Festival (20-minute version) 2020
Know Theatre Artists & Playwrights Festival, Binghamton NY 2019 (20-minute version: under the former title A BIG OCEAN)
Finalist, 2020 Kenneth Branagh Award for Drama Writing (1 of 3 finalists out of 236 submissions - 18 min version)
Shortlist, 2020 One-Act Play Competition, Carnon Downs Drama Group, UK
Finalist, 2020 Steyning Festival, Theatre Trails, England
Finalist, 2019 Ink Festival UK (shortlisted in top 20 out of 750 submissions)

When Miranda leaves for Spring Break, her mother Becca is worried and concerned. Miranda meets Stefan on her trip. When the unthinkable occurs, Becca is determined to find some answers from the last person to see her alive.

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TOUCH THE MOON One Act Play, 3 Characters

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  • Neil Ruttenberg: TOUCH THE MOON One Act Play, 3 Characters

    A veiled retelling of the Natalee Holloway disappearance in Aruba. Deftly told and creatively staged. The writer managed to breathe some life to an already twice told tale with inventive staging and dramatic overlap.

    A veiled retelling of the Natalee Holloway disappearance in Aruba. Deftly told and creatively staged. The writer managed to breathe some life to an already twice told tale with inventive staging and dramatic overlap.

  • Diane H: TOUCH THE MOON One Act Play, 3 Characters

    Arianna shows you the heartache and pain of a mother seeking the truth about her daughter’s disappearance from a man who may be suffering from mental illness. It’s a beautiful and poetic play that aroused strong emotions in the audience. . I saw this at the 2022 Inge festival in Independence KS.

    Arianna shows you the heartache and pain of a mother seeking the truth about her daughter’s disappearance from a man who may be suffering from mental illness. It’s a beautiful and poetic play that aroused strong emotions in the audience. . I saw this at the 2022 Inge festival in Independence KS.

  • Robert Weibezahl: TOUCH THE MOON One Act Play, 3 Characters

    Arianna Rose is a playwright who routinely – and expertly – exploits the rhythms and music of language to explore the complications of the human heart. In TOUCH THE MOON, which I saw in a reading at the 2022 Inge Festival, Rose is inspired by a real-life mystery about the unsolved disappearance of a young woman and she finds poetry even in the darkest of human truths. This is a beautifully theatrical and haunting play.

    Arianna Rose is a playwright who routinely – and expertly – exploits the rhythms and music of language to explore the complications of the human heart. In TOUCH THE MOON, which I saw in a reading at the 2022 Inge Festival, Rose is inspired by a real-life mystery about the unsolved disappearance of a young woman and she finds poetry even in the darkest of human truths. This is a beautifully theatrical and haunting play.

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Character Information

MIRANDA, female, 18, college student
STEFAN, male, 17-20s, European.
BECCA, female, 40s-50’s, Miranda’s mother
  • MIRANDA
    college student, innocent, yearning to experience life.
    Character Age
    teen
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • STEFAN
    charismatic, troubled.
    Character Age
    teens-20s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    any race/European
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • BECCA
    Miranda's mother. Tightly wound, religious, determined.
    Character Age
    late 30s-50s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    Female

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization William Inge Theater Festival New Play Lab, Year 2022

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization Camel City Playhouse One-Act Festival, Winston-Salem NC, Year 2024
  • Type University, Organization Hamilton College, Year 2024
  • Type Fringe, Organization Windsor UK Fringe Festival, Year 2020
  • Type Community Theater, Organization Know Theatre, Binghamton NY, Year 2019

Awards

  • Director Workshop Program
    The Theatre of Western Springs, IL
    Finalist
    2022
  • Shortlist
    Steyning Festival Theatre Trails UK
    Finalist
    2020
  • Shortlist
    Ink Festival UK
    Finalist
    2019
  • Kenneth Branagh Drama Writing Award (1 of 3 finalists)
    Windsor Fringe Festival UK
    Finalist
    2020