The Question Game

by Ashley Lauren Rogers

FULL LENGTH - Against her better judgment, Amber (a trans heavy metal musician) arrives at the run-down seaside New England home of her estranged father Arthur, whom she hasn't seen in about 2 decades. She gives him one last shot to tell her this secret he would only share in person when she finds him drunk in his own home. What is her father's secret? Why did she ever decide to allow him back in her life?...

FULL LENGTH - Against her better judgment, Amber (a trans heavy metal musician) arrives at the run-down seaside New England home of her estranged father Arthur, whom she hasn't seen in about 2 decades. She gives him one last shot to tell her this secret he would only share in person when she finds him drunk in his own home. What is her father's secret? Why did she ever decide to allow him back in her life? And what other spirits haunt Arthur's home and might continue to haunt Amber after their encounter?

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The Question Game

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  • Brian James Polak: The Question Game by Ashley Lauren Rogers
    “

    This great play has me thinking quite a bit about catharsis because it brilliantly withholds any obvious variation of such thing. The Question Game is a fantastic take on a parent/child reconciliation and satisfies on many emotional levels. Such confrontations don't unfold and wrap up perfectly in life and this play avoids simplistic and predictable plot points yet left me filled up in the end.

    This great play has me thinking quite a bit about catharsis because it brilliantly withholds any obvious variation of such thing. The Question Game is a fantastic take on a parent/child reconciliation and satisfies on many emotional levels. Such confrontations don't unfold and wrap up perfectly in life and this play avoids simplistic and predictable plot points yet left me filled up in the end.

    ”

Character Information

  • AMBER
    Current lead singer of Keelhaul, a Pirate Metal band.
    Early-Mid 30s
    Any
    Trans woman, non-binary, or genderqueer
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • ARTHUR
    Amber’s parent. Former glam rock roadie in the 1980s, wanted to be a rock star but never quite made it.
    Early-mid 60s
    Any
    Cis male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • LEE
    Crossing Guard within the community, knew Arthur.
    Late 50s
    BIPOC
    Cis female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American,
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman

Development History

  • Workshop, The Workshop Theater, 2020