Please Hold On

by Cherielyn Ferguson

10-minute play
Who’s behind those placid voices that announce the next bus stop, tell us to exit from the rear, urge us to hold on for our own safety? Those voices want to connect with others, just the way the rest of us do. Take a 10-minute bus ride and hear them share a secret desire or two, and also reveal the course they take to find a life outside the bus.

Production: Community Theater, Gemco Players...

10-minute play
Who’s behind those placid voices that announce the next bus stop, tell us to exit from the rear, urge us to hold on for our own safety? Those voices want to connect with others, just the way the rest of us do. Take a 10-minute bus ride and hear them share a secret desire or two, and also reveal the course they take to find a life outside the bus.

Production: Community Theater, Gemco Players, Victoria, Australia 2023

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  • Michele Clarke: Please Hold On

    There's enormous room in this evocative and smart piece for a director and actors to interpret, imprint, and impress. The writing is divine - the "will they or won't they" tension is only surpassed by the "are they or aren't they" question that hovers over it all. Such an engaging piece!

    There's enormous room in this evocative and smart piece for a director and actors to interpret, imprint, and impress. The writing is divine - the "will they or won't they" tension is only surpassed by the "are they or aren't they" question that hovers over it all. Such an engaging piece!

  • Lucy Wang: Please Hold On

    Brilliant, fun, highly imaginative. You will never listen to the announcers on public transit the same way again. This play ought to be performed everywhere and often, on trains and buses everywhere, with passengers.

    Brilliant, fun, highly imaginative. You will never listen to the announcers on public transit the same way again. This play ought to be performed everywhere and often, on trains and buses everywhere, with passengers.

  • Arianna Rose: Please Hold On

    Please Hold On is one of the most imaginative and metaphorical plays I've read in a long time. I don't want to give too much away as there's such pleasure in reading this theatrical jaunt. Suffice it to say that Man and Woman will have your attention from first announcement to last and you'll listen differently the next time you take public transportation. A highly theatrical and stylized piece, an homage to Beckett and Theatre of the Absurd, yet firmly grounded in the present. Read and produce!

    Please Hold On is one of the most imaginative and metaphorical plays I've read in a long time. I don't want to give too much away as there's such pleasure in reading this theatrical jaunt. Suffice it to say that Man and Woman will have your attention from first announcement to last and you'll listen differently the next time you take public transportation. A highly theatrical and stylized piece, an homage to Beckett and Theatre of the Absurd, yet firmly grounded in the present. Read and produce!

Character Information

  • Man
    The embodiment of the male announcer's bus of a large city bus system.
  • Woman
    The embodiment of the female announcer's voice of a large city bus system.

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization Gemco Players - Victoria, Australia, Year 2023