The Changeling

by Ben Wendel

Joseph returns with his girlfriend to his family house out in the encroaching woods to sort through the estate. But everything changes one stormy night when a mysterious child appears on his doorstep.

Joseph returns with his girlfriend to his family house out in the encroaching woods to sort through the estate. But everything changes one stormy night when a mysterious child appears on his doorstep.

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The Changeling

Character Information

  • Joseph
    the last in a long line of failed fathers, American
    30s
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Rachel
    Joseph's girlfriend and more, newly American
    30s
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • The Plumber
    not a human, more knowledge than is comfortable, if a man may look like an old Ernest Hemingway, deeply American
    Male
  • The Woodsman
    not a human, straight out of Thoreau’s Walden, French-Canadian but also somehow American
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Death
    obviously not a human, evocative, deeply American

Development History

  • Workshop, University of Southern California School of Dramatic Arts, 2021