An Instant Message

by Allyson Dwyer

~10 MIN PLAY~ In the age of dial-up, a New Jersey teen saves up lunch money to buy a phone card to call her boyfriend in Kansas. Their first conversation might've gone like this. Or so she remembers.

~10 MIN PLAY~ In the age of dial-up, a New Jersey teen saves up lunch money to buy a phone card to call her boyfriend in Kansas. Their first conversation might've gone like this. Or so she remembers.

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An Instant Message

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    Reading this was tender and sooo interesting to imagine onstage.

    Reading this was tender and sooo interesting to imagine onstage.

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  • Bill Arnold: An Instant Message by Allyson Dwyer
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    From the very start, I could just "hear" the digital handshake of the modem. That moment of anticipation as the computer connects with the rest of the world. Dwyer nails the style, the vernacular of two souls, joined in the ether. It is simultaneously poetic and prophetic.

    From the very start, I could just "hear" the digital handshake of the modem. That moment of anticipation as the computer connects with the rest of the world. Dwyer nails the style, the vernacular of two souls, joined in the ether. It is simultaneously poetic and prophetic.

    ”
  • Catherine Weingarten: An Instant Message by Allyson Dwyer
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    Sexy, angsty and #nostalgia vibes. Allyson's beautiful and dreamy play will take u back to those feels from middle school HARD. Very produceable and gorgeously crafted.

    Sexy, angsty and #nostalgia vibes. Allyson's beautiful and dreamy play will take u back to those feels from middle school HARD. Very produceable and gorgeously crafted.

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Development History

  • Residency, Clubbed Thumb, 2021

Awards

  • Clinical Trials
    The Pharmacy Theatre
    Semi-Finalist
    2023
  • Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
    Concord Theatricals
    Finalist
    2021