Dance Into Night

FULL LENGTH: James Lassiter is a disgraced ex-football player whose only choice in life is to take over his deceased fathers business - as well as something else, which reveals itself early in the play. A story of betrayal, mendacity, familial discord, toxic masculinity and gothic horror. A tragedy set in the contemporary American South.

FULL LENGTH: James Lassiter is a disgraced ex-football player whose only choice in life is to take over his deceased fathers business - as well as something else, which reveals itself early in the play. A story of betrayal, mendacity, familial discord, toxic masculinity and gothic horror. A tragedy set in the contemporary American South.

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  • Brent Alles: Dance Into Night

    An absolutely intriguing and gripping piece. There's so much to take in here, and the use of sex, music, booze, and everything else that might be considered vice is put to the examination of virtue. I love that the piece had me questioning reality from start to finish. Neo-noir and even Lynchian in approach. Incredibly affecting... this play will stay with you for a while whether you read it or, more hopefully, see it staged. Because it absolutely needs to be staged. Tremendous.

    An absolutely intriguing and gripping piece. There's so much to take in here, and the use of sex, music, booze, and everything else that might be considered vice is put to the examination of virtue. I love that the piece had me questioning reality from start to finish. Neo-noir and even Lynchian in approach. Incredibly affecting... this play will stay with you for a while whether you read it or, more hopefully, see it staged. Because it absolutely needs to be staged. Tremendous.

  • Vince Gatton: Dance Into Night

    A big, chewy, old-school father-and-son drama that hearkens satisfyingly back to Arthur Miller or Eugene O'Neill, told in its own contemporary Black voice and laced with gothic horror. Sex, sax, and specters haunt this angry and anguished tragedy of toxic manhood, with epic clashes played out in dialogue that sings like opera. Ken Love has a big voice, and damn if he's not gonna use it.

    A big, chewy, old-school father-and-son drama that hearkens satisfyingly back to Arthur Miller or Eugene O'Neill, told in its own contemporary Black voice and laced with gothic horror. Sex, sax, and specters haunt this angry and anguished tragedy of toxic manhood, with epic clashes played out in dialogue that sings like opera. Ken Love has a big voice, and damn if he's not gonna use it.

  • Ryan Kaminski: Dance Into Night

    An edge of your seat story from beginning to end. I love the similarities and differences between the father and the son, the staging, and the differences between everyone. This would be theatrical magic to see on a stage. Gripping from the moment the curtain goes up. Excellent work!

    An edge of your seat story from beginning to end. I love the similarities and differences between the father and the son, the staging, and the differences between everyone. This would be theatrical magic to see on a stage. Gripping from the moment the curtain goes up. Excellent work!

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2 Men (African American), 3 Women (1 African American, 2 Caucasian), 1 Offstage Tenor Sax Player

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Merely Writers/Merely Players, Atlanta GA, Year 2024