A play built for social distancing before it was cool.

Act 1 has Skip on quarantine. Act 2, he's on a one-man mission to Mars. This made the play ideal for adaptation for a virtual performance.

When Skip Powers realizes that no one will ever love him, he volunteers to go to Mars -- and the Principal of NASA says, "Yeah, sure. You'll do." Skip is super gay and isn't really a participant in the gene pool, so it just makes sense to send him millions of miles on the the spaceship Atlantis on a mission that will, in all likelihood, kill him. And after crappy experiences on gay hookup apps, he's more than prepared for the training with the Abstinence Coach -- but a little less prepared when the Love of His Life tries to keep him on earth. This play about what it means to attempt to live your life in the pursuit of great things spans a million years and fifty-five million miles.

Note: this is the latest 'hybrid' draft, intended for a live performance with a virtual component. There is another draft with some minor tricks for 'Virtual Performance Only' available upon request.

For live/in-person edition: https://newplayexchange.org/plays/83346/small-steps