Day to End

by Sam Byron

The play explores one evening in the relationship between two roommates, one of whom may be in the throes of a manic episode as he grapples with a personal loss far in his past. As the evening progresses, it becomes less and less clear which one of the two men is in their right mind, and even less clear who owns the despair that seems to be creeping in from the world outside their tiny East Village apartment...

The play explores one evening in the relationship between two roommates, one of whom may be in the throes of a manic episode as he grapples with a personal loss far in his past. As the evening progresses, it becomes less and less clear which one of the two men is in their right mind, and even less clear who owns the despair that seems to be creeping in from the world outside their tiny East Village apartment.

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Day to End

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  • Cheryl Bear: Day to End by Sam Byron
    “

    An incredibly explosive and powerful dynamic between two actors as they explore the lack of connection they have and the cocoon they've created locking the outside world out. Will they perish or start over? Fantastic!

    An incredibly explosive and powerful dynamic between two actors as they explore the lack of connection they have and the cocoon they've created locking the outside world out. Will they perish or start over? Fantastic!

    ”
  • Matt Herzfeld: Day to End by Sam Byron
    “

    Read this play! It's one of my favorites out of Sam's work - the cramped, claustrophobic interior of the East Village apartment from hell lends the play an almost hallucinatory quality, especially as it moves in the play's final stretches towards the surreal. Sam's ability to craft language is on full display here - there are some excellent monologues. A wonderful two-hander (there's a third role, but it's effectively a two-hander) for a pair of brilliant, young, powerhouse actors.

    Read this play! It's one of my favorites out of Sam's work - the cramped, claustrophobic interior of the East Village apartment from hell lends the play an almost hallucinatory quality, especially as it moves in the play's final stretches towards the surreal. Sam's ability to craft language is on full display here - there are some excellent monologues. A wonderful two-hander (there's a third role, but it's effectively a two-hander) for a pair of brilliant, young, powerhouse actors.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Naked Angels, 2014