THE LAST DATE

TEN MINUTE Jeff and Alyssa are out on a date or are they? Challenges our assumptions about how we see women and men. Breaks fourth wall.

TEN MINUTE Jeff and Alyssa are out on a date or are they? Challenges our assumptions about how we see women and men. Breaks fourth wall.

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THE LAST DATE

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  • Paris Herbert-Taylor: THE LAST DATE

    Tight, gripping, zigs where I thought it would zag. This short play is a tense, fun, questioning of reality.

    Tight, gripping, zigs where I thought it would zag. This short play is a tense, fun, questioning of reality.

  • Shaun Leisher: THE LAST DATE

    A wonderful short play that expertly breaks the fourth wall. A play that leaves you grappling with reality. Sherman has created a fascinating scenario and leaves you guessing the whole time.

    A wonderful short play that expertly breaks the fourth wall. A play that leaves you grappling with reality. Sherman has created a fascinating scenario and leaves you guessing the whole time.

  • Aly Kantor: THE LAST DATE

    This intelligent, harrowing, but ultimately hopeful metatheatrical play is a powerful vehicle for changing lives and perspectives. The framing makes it clear that the audience is part of the performance, but the unspoken contract - of dining in restaurants, of the theatre - makes them simultaneously spectators and complicit bystanders. As a reader or audience member, you will be forced to interrogate which character you believe and why and will leave the theatre with that realization at the top of your mind. This will certainly spark necessary and important conversations between audience...

    This intelligent, harrowing, but ultimately hopeful metatheatrical play is a powerful vehicle for changing lives and perspectives. The framing makes it clear that the audience is part of the performance, but the unspoken contract - of dining in restaurants, of the theatre - makes them simultaneously spectators and complicit bystanders. As a reader or audience member, you will be forced to interrogate which character you believe and why and will leave the theatre with that realization at the top of your mind. This will certainly spark necessary and important conversations between audience members and help many women feel seen. Fantastic.

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Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization New Ideas Festival at Alumnae Theatre, Toronto, Year 2019