Windfall

by Chet Hertz

What could be wrong with learning you’re entitled to a sudden, unexpected, and perfectly legal payment?  A down-at-the-heels insurance beneficiary meets the gilded heir to a family business.  Their histories overlap in ways bound to alienate but also bond them.

Selected and performed at the 2023 Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT.
Selected and performed at the 2023 Firehouse New Works...

What could be wrong with learning you’re entitled to a sudden, unexpected, and perfectly legal payment?  A down-at-the-heels insurance beneficiary meets the gilded heir to a family business.  Their histories overlap in ways bound to alienate but also bond them.

Selected and performed at the 2023 Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT.
Selected and performed at the 2023 Firehouse New Works Festival, Newburyport, MA. Honegger Prize winner, best short play.
Selected and performed at Custom House Maritime Museum Benefit, Newburyport, MA, May 2023.
Selected for 2020 Cannon Theatre 10-Minute Play Festival; performed at the 2023 Cannon fest.

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  • Andrea Aptecker: Windfall

    A clever story about ... insurance! And class differences. Beautifully written.

    A clever story about ... insurance! And class differences. Beautifully written.