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by Aly Kantor

[20 minutes, sci-fi drama, 2F] Hadley is approaching the end of a five-year study focused on a new treatment for major depression, and she's come a long way from the person she was when the trial began. When a familiar face from her past enters the exam room, she's forced to grapple with the true costs of living with a mental illness under late capitalism. What does it cost to be altruistic, and what if the...

[20 minutes, sci-fi drama, 2F] Hadley is approaching the end of a five-year study focused on a new treatment for major depression, and she's come a long way from the person she was when the trial began. When a familiar face from her past enters the exam room, she's forced to grapple with the true costs of living with a mental illness under late capitalism. What does it cost to be altruistic, and what if the price is too high?

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  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn: Tracks

    The medical device in this play may be somewhat futuristic, but how the "business of medicine" operates is unfortunately very now. The U.S. really needs to consider circumstances like this play and realize how Americans health being a for profit industry creates a domino effect that can destroy us all. Hadley is actually helping others now that she has this medical device. But if she can no longer afford it, how many others will suffer without her?

    The medical device in this play may be somewhat futuristic, but how the "business of medicine" operates is unfortunately very now. The U.S. really needs to consider circumstances like this play and realize how Americans health being a for profit industry creates a domino effect that can destroy us all. Hadley is actually helping others now that she has this medical device. But if she can no longer afford it, how many others will suffer without her?

  • Michele Clarke: Tracks

    America is doing Capitalism wrong. And Aly Kantor gives us a sharp and vivid look at how our techno-pharma future will brutalize the most vulnerable among us.

    America is doing Capitalism wrong. And Aly Kantor gives us a sharp and vivid look at how our techno-pharma future will brutalize the most vulnerable among us.

  • Ken Love: Tracks

    This bleak, stark short play is like a razor blade to the gut. Everything about this work feels and is on edge. And Aly Kantor's play works well due a touch of wit throughout. Chilling. Damning in its poetry. Nice work!

    This bleak, stark short play is like a razor blade to the gut. Everything about this work feels and is on edge. And Aly Kantor's play works well due a touch of wit throughout. Chilling. Damning in its poetry. Nice work!

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Character Information

  • HADLEY
    A social worker on the cusp of completing a five-year medical trial that has virtually eliminated her treatment resistant depression. She is newly polished, if a little awkward, and genuinely wants to do good.
    Character Age
    20s - 30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    American of any Race
    Character Gender Identity
    f or femme person
  • MICAH
    A sales representative for a medical technology company (and law school dropout). She’s a warm person with a big mouth who always sticks to her guns. She also genuinely wants to do good.
    Character Age
    20s - 30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    American of any ethnicity
    Character Gender Identity
    f or femme person

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization National Women's Theatre Festival, Year 2022

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization Long Beach Short Play Festival, Year 2024
  • Type University, Organization Pyro Playfest, Year 2023