sundays in the park with clay & cher

by SMJ .

10 MINUTE (Draft as of 8.7.24)
Top 30 Finalist for 49th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival

When a horrible adult softball league displaces Clay & Cher from their favorite baseball field in Central Park, Cher comes up with a plan for taking their territory back.

10 MINUTE (Draft as of 8.7.24)
Top 30 Finalist for 49th Annual Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival

When a horrible adult softball league displaces Clay & Cher from their favorite baseball field in Central Park, Cher comes up with a plan for taking their territory back.

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  • Emma Goldman-Sherman: sundays in the park with clay & cher

    I love how we discover these characters, and then I love how they give us a very new view of the world from their specific pov while still chasing their own objectives. There are some super surprises. This play is chock full of fantastic choices that had me rooting for clay & cher til the end!

    I love how we discover these characters, and then I love how they give us a very new view of the world from their specific pov while still chasing their own objectives. There are some super surprises. This play is chock full of fantastic choices that had me rooting for clay & cher til the end!

  • Shaun Leisher: sundays in the park with clay & cher

    Loved this look into the lives of two pigeons in Central Park. SMJ really captures the struggles of pigeons trying to co-exist with humans. I definitely did not see the ending coming. Really great dialogue.

    Loved this look into the lives of two pigeons in Central Park. SMJ really captures the struggles of pigeons trying to co-exist with humans. I definitely did not see the ending coming. Really great dialogue.

  • Michael Towers: sundays in the park with clay & cher

    sundays in the park with clay & cher challenges the notion that we live in a better world (a smarter world, a safer world, a healthier world) than the generation before us and the generation before them BECAUSE senseless violence and a lack of respect for life STILL pervades every corner, including softball fields. But just as it shakes its angry fist, this beautiful and painful short play-that champions the power of companionship and acknowledges the model of self sacrifice-REMINDS us, when rationale and logic and forgiveness don't work...violence still begets violence. And, "...for what...

    sundays in the park with clay & cher challenges the notion that we live in a better world (a smarter world, a safer world, a healthier world) than the generation before us and the generation before them BECAUSE senseless violence and a lack of respect for life STILL pervades every corner, including softball fields. But just as it shakes its angry fist, this beautiful and painful short play-that champions the power of companionship and acknowledges the model of self sacrifice-REMINDS us, when rationale and logic and forgiveness don't work...violence still begets violence. And, "...for what reason?" Bravo SMJ.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Fucked-Up Play Fest, Year 2024
  • Type Residency, Organization Cry Havoc, Year 2023
  • Type Reading, Organization Cry Havoc, Year 2023

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