RIPPLE by Rachael Carnes

Ten-Minute Play: Two black holes, one bigger than the other, consider the implications of merging.

Published in the Hamilton Arts & Letters, 2021.
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  • Vince Gatton:
    16 Sep. 2020
    “ How is it I'm feeling so educated about cosmic phenomena and ruthlessly (though affectionately) mocked all at once? Oh, it's because I just read RIPPLE, this delightfully funny, weird, and informative play about the nature of black holes...and actors. Excellent metatheatrical fun here from Rachael Carnes -- plus, you know, it's totally based on true events! Ancient, ancient, ANCIENT events. So that's a bonus. ”
  • Cheryl Bear:
    9 Jul. 2020
    “ A spectacular intergalactic preparation of theatre that is just so entertaining and so much fun. Well done! ”
  • Isaac Otterman:
    29 Feb. 2020
    “ What is the best way to represent two black holes colliding over a billion years ago? Put some moody actors scared of intimacy and a half baked director on stage and let em' orbit.

    I admire RIPPLE for all of it's weirdness, it's metatheatricality, and it's commitment to a joke/commitment to science. It's dumb (in the best way). It's smart. It's a great 10-minute script. ”
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CHARLIE &
JULES
A pair of black holes. One 36 times and one 29 times the mass of our sun. Gender neutral.

ALBERT
Man, 40’s, any ethnicity, rumpled, he has glorious white hair and mustache. German accent.

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