After People Like You

by Jason Pizzarello

FULL-LENGTH. It's 10:49pm and two couples -- Anna and Diego, and Tim and Keri -- are taking the same R train to Forest Hills, Queens. They've all just been to the same wedding, but they haven't spoken in five years -- and as their subway ride progresses, we learn that there's more than that silence fueling the space between them. This R train-ride takes place in the future, in the wake of a climate related event...

FULL-LENGTH. It's 10:49pm and two couples -- Anna and Diego, and Tim and Keri -- are taking the same R train to Forest Hills, Queens. They've all just been to the same wedding, but they haven't spoken in five years -- and as their subway ride progresses, we learn that there's more than that silence fueling the space between them. This R train-ride takes place in the future, in the wake of a climate related event called the Surge -- but the characters are still living their lives, dealing with the litany of mundane and monstrous problems that confront ordinary people, apocalypse or not. Through the spiky specificity of its characters and the careful narrative revelations, this play asks: is this a great time to be alive? Is being alive enough?

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After People Like You

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Character Information

TIM, wears army dress blues, hides a limp
KERI, wears his pain
ANNA, carries an 8-month pregnancy
DIEGO, carries her weight
  • Anna
    Character Age
    20’s/early 30’s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Diego
    Character Age
    20’s/early 30’s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male
  • Keri
    Character Age
    20’s/early 30’s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Tim
    Character Age
    20’s/early 30’s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Production History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Blue Riders at Classic Stage Company, dir. Anna Brenner, Year 2014

Awards

  • Playwrights Conference
    Seven Devils
    Semi-Finalist
    2020
  • Bridge Award
    Arts in the Armed Forces
    Finalist
    2019