Sorry I Missed You

by Ryan Long

When Michael Coonrod accidentally hits a cat with his car, one mis-dialled number spirals into a tangled web of teenage secrecy and heartbreak in small-town Michigan. Told through 1980s-style answering machine messages, Sorry I Missed You is a play where no one talks to each other, featuring love, mistaken identity, missed opportunities, and a cat.

When Michael Coonrod accidentally hits a cat with his car, one mis-dialled number spirals into a tangled web of teenage secrecy and heartbreak in small-town Michigan. Told through 1980s-style answering machine messages, Sorry I Missed You is a play where no one talks to each other, featuring love, mistaken identity, missed opportunities, and a cat.

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  • Danielle Mohlman: Sorry I Missed You

    Sorry I Missed You was my first introduction to Ryan's work and I'm looking forward to so much more! In many ways, this is a director's and actors' dream piece, leaving so much room for non-verbal moments as the voicemails are delivered. I was lucky enough to see a staged reading of this play at Dacha Theatre with all parts read live, but I can just as easily picture the voicemails as part of a soundscape. Tons of wonderful roles for high school and college students. Give it a read!

    Sorry I Missed You was my first introduction to Ryan's work and I'm looking forward to so much more! In many ways, this is a director's and actors' dream piece, leaving so much room for non-verbal moments as the voicemails are delivered. I was lucky enough to see a staged reading of this play at Dacha Theatre with all parts read live, but I can just as easily picture the voicemails as part of a soundscape. Tons of wonderful roles for high school and college students. Give it a read!

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Dacha Theatre, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization Dacha Theatre, Year 2020