The Last Week

Recommended by

Everett Robert:

9 Oct. 2023

“ Jessie Salsbury's "The Last Week" is an honest look at what it means to live and the die, and living with the choices you've made in life and the consequences therein. Honest and unflinching in it's storytelling, this is a showcase piece for two actors, espically an older actor, and a chance for them to shine and make interesting choices. ”
Mark Harvey Levine:

9 Oct. 2023

“ An unflinching look at the end of a life, without a drop of saccherine in it. Jessie Salsbury's play, which I saw in a reading at the Midwest Dramatists Conference, has lots of sympathy for its characters, even when they have none for themselves. It turns death into an action, something the character can decide to do through sheer willpower alone. Very moving. Well done. ”
Philip Middleton Williams:

9 Oct. 2023

“ Jessie Salsbury's look at the last act of a life is tender, but with just the right amount of practicality that it makes the audience appreciate the moment as an honest assessment of his life. There may be regrets, but he is facing them and the end with his eyes wide open to the end. There's none of the five-stages trope unless you take into account that John is the one making the bargaining worth it. ”

JOHN - 70 year old man - white/Caucasian
RAMONA - 40 year old woman - any race