Are You Sitting Down?
By Mark Mc Quown

Synopsis

Carl Davidson (aka, The Old Man) is dying in a hospital bed, for which
he pre-paid years ago for his own protection. Carl is dying but his mind is racing
forward towards the end of his assignment on Earth. Carl believes himself to be
an alien and he bases this hypothesis on certain very strange traits which he
recognized later in life as the foot print of his larger being.

The Old Man hides behind his sheets and pretends to be dying and when
the room is empty, except for the Head Nurse, he climbs out of his hospital bed
and sits in a visitors chair where he continues his research on death and plots
the ways he will return this information to his native planet.

The Old Man is seeking some ‘primary source’ material on ‘life after
death’. He feels this is the most important information he can return to his
alien planet. At the end of Act One he has a heart attack, which he survives, so
his commentary and sexual exploits with the Nurse, continue at the beginning
of Act Two.

Are You Sitting Down? is a semi-serious, often comic and satirical
look at dying, being rich when you die, sex, drugs and what a bitch it is to get
old. There is one main, male role and roles for one male principal and two
female principals who play multiple roles. One simple set and a hell of a
ride.