The Value

by Nicholas Dunn

FULL LENGTH: A trio of petty thieves hide out in a dingy motel room after stealing a piece of art from a museum in a smash-and-grab job. The painting offers a different possibility for each of them, but once its true value and significance becomes clear, they must confront the reality of their own intrinsic worth in a society driven by money and power.

FULL LENGTH: A trio of petty thieves hide out in a dingy motel room after stealing a piece of art from a museum in a smash-and-grab job. The painting offers a different possibility for each of them, but once its true value and significance becomes clear, they must confront the reality of their own intrinsic worth in a society driven by money and power.

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The Value

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  • Jared Shipley: The Value

    A seamless, thrilling, and funny, treatise on the worth we place on art, money, morality, and each other. A plot with continuous twists throughout in ways both surprising and inevitable. I love this play!

    A seamless, thrilling, and funny, treatise on the worth we place on art, money, morality, and each other. A plot with continuous twists throughout in ways both surprising and inevitable. I love this play!

  • Deborah Girard-Brown: The Value

    A very fine play that keeps the audience engaged throughout. Dunn led the audience down a path the made a right turn at the end that made me sit up! Brilliant use of the props.

    A very fine play that keeps the audience engaged throughout. Dunn led the audience down a path the made a right turn at the end that made me sit up! Brilliant use of the props.

  • Samantha Marchant: The Value

    An engaging exploration of worth. Loved all the use of frames. Art, mirrors, windows, crime!

    An engaging exploration of worth. Loved all the use of frames. Art, mirrors, windows, crime!

Character Information

  • Ian
    Anti-hero, Byronic, imposing personality
    Character Age
    20's- 30's
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Zoey
    Rough edges, tough, wouldn't want to meet her in a dark alley
    Character Age
    20's- 30's
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Victor
    Recently released from Prison, hard exterior with a marshmallow center, a bit slow on the draw
    Character Age
    20's- 30's
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • McEvoy
    Refined Intellectual, conflicted
    Character Age
    50's-60's
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Utah Shakespeare Festival , Year 2023
  • Type Workshop, Organization Risk Theatre/Canadian Plaything, Year 2020
  • Type Workshop, Organization University of Utah Theatre Department, Year 2019

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Langham Court Theatre/Altitude Theatre, Year 2024
  • Type Professional, Organization Loft Ensemble, Year 2023

Awards

  • New Play Festival
    Local Lab
    Semi-Finalist
    2020
  • Risk Theatre Modern Tragedy Competition
    Risk Theatre
    Winner
    2020
  • Festival of New American Theatre
    Phoenix Theatre
    Semi-Finalist
    2018
  • New Works Competition
    Acadiana Repertory Theatre
    Finalist
    2019
  • Austin Film Festival 2nd Rounder
    2019