Daxton on the Night Shift at 7/11

by Riley Elton McCarthy

It's midnight at the last 7/11 open 24 hours in The United States of America. The world has descended into chaos due to the impending doom of the discontinuation of the much-cherished red slurpee. 7/11 has put all of its slurpee machines on lockdown, bracing itself as a new organization known as the RS Brigade threatens the corporation and possibly the entire world in the pursuit of their beloved red slurpee. As...

It's midnight at the last 7/11 open 24 hours in The United States of America. The world has descended into chaos due to the impending doom of the discontinuation of the much-cherished red slurpee. 7/11 has put all of its slurpee machines on lockdown, bracing itself as a new organization known as the RS Brigade threatens the corporation and possibly the entire world in the pursuit of their beloved red slurpee. As for the last 24 hour 7/11? Well... new hire and criminally inept cashier Daxton's on the night shift and retired Manic Pixie Dream Girl, now part-time Letterbox'd critic Baby in a Corner is looking for her slurpee fix.

Think Scott Pilgrim if it were a play but also deconstructing literally everything that film/franchise/book series stands for.

RUNTIME: 60 minutes.

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  • Alexa Rowe: Daxton on the Night Shift at 7/11 by Riley Elton McCarthy
    “

    This is one of those plays that feels like it should be a movie but also inexplicably belongs on the stage. Both a parody of Scott Pilgrim-esque manic pixie dream girl pop culture films and commentary on the damage it's done to society, Daxton on the Night Shift at 7/11 jumps through time to define womanhood in our century, interrogates the Michael Cera actor archetype, and demands that comedy as a genre in film does better to be less problematic. It punches up and succeeds in every way.

    This is one of those plays that feels like it should be a movie but also inexplicably belongs on the stage. Both a parody of Scott Pilgrim-esque manic pixie dream girl pop culture films and commentary on the damage it's done to society, Daxton on the Night Shift at 7/11 jumps through time to define womanhood in our century, interrogates the Michael Cera actor archetype, and demands that comedy as a genre in film does better to be less problematic. It punches up and succeeds in every way.

    ”

Character Information

  • DAXTON
    20s. Awkward. Queer. Working the night shift at 7/11. Has an affinity for board games. Full name: Daxton Cera Eisenberg Dagger.
    20s
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary
  • BABY IN A CORNER
    20s. Exhausted. Queer. Retired manic pixie dream girl and red slurpee enthusiast. Full name: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Don’t Put Ramona Flowers Baby in a Corner Summer.
    20s
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman,
      Non-binary
  • JAXTON
    20s. Frustrated. Queer. A cult leader whose power grows with ingesting red slurpees. Fully believes he’s a space cowboy. Don’t ask how that works. Full name: Jaxton J. Jaxoff, formerly known as J. Star, of no relation to that J. Star. Rather unfortunate naming actually. He doesn’t want to talk about it.
    20s
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man,
      Non-binary