8 Minutes Left

by e.b. lee

The world is coming to an end at exactly 4:44PM today, and no one has had any time to prepare. "8 Minutes Left" follows the residents of Charlesville, NJ as they navigate their final moments on this Earth – from a couple with a bunker in their backyard who can’t quite figure out how to get in, to two elderly frenemies who fight over their favorite park bench, to a mother observing her children on a playground as...

The world is coming to an end at exactly 4:44PM today, and no one has had any time to prepare. "8 Minutes Left" follows the residents of Charlesville, NJ as they navigate their final moments on this Earth – from a couple with a bunker in their backyard who can’t quite figure out how to get in, to two elderly frenemies who fight over their favorite park bench, to a mother observing her children on a playground as she wonders what their lives would have become, this thoughtful and keenly observed play manages to find the intimate humor of humans in crisis.

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Production History

  • High School, Boyertown Area Senior High School, 2024
  • Community Theater, Grand Bank Regional Theatre, 2023
  • High School, Clear Brook High School, 2023
  • High School, Concordia Lutheran High School, 2023
  • High School, Cottage Grove High School, 2023
  • High School, Grantsburg High School, 2023
  • High School, ACS of Tunis, 2022
  • High School, Baton Rouge Magnet High School, 2022
  • High School, Bishop Montgomery High School, 2022
  • High School, Newark High School, 2022