Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy)

by Scott Sickles

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2020 O'NEILL SEMIFINALIST

4M/2F – 2 Males are East Asian

The second piece in a science fiction trilogy that follows a love story between two men from when they're 11-year-old pen pals until the end of the world nearly 50 years later. In Pangea, they meet for the first time as 38-year-old adults.

Palmer Station, Antarctica: New Year’s Day, 2046. Astronaut Andy Manners and...

[FULL LENGTH SCIENCE FICTION DRAMA]
2020 O'NEILL SEMIFINALIST

4M/2F – 2 Males are East Asian

The second piece in a science fiction trilogy that follows a love story between two men from when they're 11-year-old pen pals until the end of the world nearly 50 years later. In Pangea, they meet for the first time as 38-year-old adults.

Palmer Station, Antarctica: New Year’s Day, 2046. Astronaut Andy Manners and marine biologist Lincoln Passanante wake up in each other’s arms for the first time – twenty-six years after Andy vanished from Lincoln’s life. When they were children, the Red States became the New Confederate States of America from which Andy escaped a genocide. Now, the New Confederacy is collapsing, the climate is reaching another catastrophic tipping point, and two men who have loved each other all their lives must confront an intimately and globally uncertain future.

FINALIST: Garry Marshall Theater 2021 New Works Festival

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Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy)

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  • Duncan Pflaster: Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
    “

    A beautiful play about a doomed romance between two deeply nerdy men who are passionate about trying to save the collapsing world as well as each other. Though it is somber in places as it deals with an apocalyptic future, it is also extremely funny, Sickles never loses sight of the glee that these characters take in each other and the natural world around them.

    A beautiful play about a doomed romance between two deeply nerdy men who are passionate about trying to save the collapsing world as well as each other. Though it is somber in places as it deals with an apocalyptic future, it is also extremely funny, Sickles never loses sight of the glee that these characters take in each other and the natural world around them.

    ”
  • Greg Mandryk: Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
    “

    Pangea is meant to work as a standalone play, but if you’re on NPX anyway (and you are), reading Marianas Trench first is definitely the way to go.

    The world building in this play is off the charts, but Scott Sickles never loses focus of the relationship between his two protagonists at the heart of this play. When the world is going down in flames, the hand you hold matters. Or will humanity be saved?

    On to part three!

    Pangea is meant to work as a standalone play, but if you’re on NPX anyway (and you are), reading Marianas Trench first is definitely the way to go.

    The world building in this play is off the charts, but Scott Sickles never loses focus of the relationship between his two protagonists at the heart of this play. When the world is going down in flames, the hand you hold matters. Or will humanity be saved?

    On to part three!

    ”
  • Janet Bentley: Pangea (Part Two of The Second World Trilogy) by Scott Sickles
    “

    My first reading of Pangea after working on Marianas Trench with Scott was EPIC. ‘Trench sets up this poetic image of Teddy reaching from the bottom of the ocean upwards to the sky, waiting for his heroic Anzor to rescue him and I could feel the agonizing power of that image pulsing in my heart as I got into Pangea’s first scene, where, in quintessential Scott fashion, we go from what looks like a simple hookup to the discovery of long-lost love. I love to see Lincoln and Andy experience the "submersible" and we get to see penguins!

    My first reading of Pangea after working on Marianas Trench with Scott was EPIC. ‘Trench sets up this poetic image of Teddy reaching from the bottom of the ocean upwards to the sky, waiting for his heroic Anzor to rescue him and I could feel the agonizing power of that image pulsing in my heart as I got into Pangea’s first scene, where, in quintessential Scott fashion, we go from what looks like a simple hookup to the discovery of long-lost love. I love to see Lincoln and Andy experience the "submersible" and we get to see penguins!

    ”
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Character Information

This is the second play in a trilogy.

Unless you are presenting all three plays in this trilogy with the same cast, the racial/ethnic backgrounds of DRISANA, HANNA, RUTGER are up for grabs.
Also, WILDON can be played by an Asian female or non-binary actor.
Diversity in casting is strongly encouraged where possible.

However, if you are performing all three plays in the trilogy:
The male actors playing LINCOLN should be East-Asian or part-East-Asian, as they’re portraying the same character at different ages.
Likewise, the male actors playing ANDY and RUTGER are also playing the same character at different ages and, being of Chechen descent, are most likely white.
The female actor playing DRISANA in this play portrays a specifically non-East-Asian character in the first play. The female actor playing HANNA portrays a woman of Chechen descent in the first play and, again, is most likely white.
  • DRISANA CHRISTIANSEN
    Female in her 30s. Her accent can best to described as “European.” She’s lived places. Can be played by female-identifying actor.
    30s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • HANNA WALBROOK
    Female in her late 40s, Andy’s fiancé. An educator who works with the United Nations and other international organizations.

    Can be portrayed by female-identifying actor.
    late 40s
    Any
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • RUTGER LEBRUN
    (Non-Asian) male in his mid-to-late 50s, in very good shape for a man his age. Lincoln’s stateside boyfriend. He builds things that astronauts live in.
    Mid-to-late 50s
    Non-Asian
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American,
      Indigenous, First Nation, or Native American,
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic,
      Middle Eastern, North African, or Arab American,
      Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander,
      South Asian or South Asian American,
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • WILDON JAMESON
    Asian male in his mid-to-late 50s, average to stocky build. Penguin scientist.
    Asian
    Any (but probably Male)
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • LINCOLN PASSANANTE
    Lincoln Theodore Passanante. Half-Korean male in his late 30s, with a stocky build, i.e., sturdy but not defined. Comfortable in his own skin. Used to go by "Teddy" as a child. Marine biologist.
    38
    Half-Asian (Korean)
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male
  • ANDY MANNERS
    Andrew Manners, formerly Anzor Khasanov as a child. Non-Asian male of Chechen descent (so, probably white) in his late 30s, trim and in good shape. An astronaut. Confident but not egotistical.
    38
    Chechen
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male

Awards

  • Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative
    Crossroads Project
    Finalist
    2020
  • 2021 New Works Festival
    Garry Marshall Theatre
    Finalist
    2021
  • New American Voices Playwriting Festival
    The Landing Theatre Company
    Semi-Finalist
    2021