Nurse Call

by James Wilkinson

15 min. An on-call Nurse sits by the phone late at night and receives an unusual phone call. A disturbed and rambling woman demands that a nurse be sent to take care of her. She claims her husband has hired a man to attack her, but it's hard to determine just how much truth there are to her claims. Nurse is left to make a choice. Just how involved does she want to be in what's going to happen?

15 min. An on-call Nurse sits by the phone late at night and receives an unusual phone call. A disturbed and rambling woman demands that a nurse be sent to take care of her. She claims her husband has hired a man to attack her, but it's hard to determine just how much truth there are to her claims. Nurse is left to make a choice. Just how involved does she want to be in what's going to happen?

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Nurse Call

Recommended by

  • Suzy Messerole: Nurse Call by James Wilkinson
    “

    This was such a good play to read and perform. It was very much up to interpretation which can be both a blessing and a curse. In the case of this play, it was a blessing that let me be creative with my acting/directing. This has a mysterious, open-ended ending that leaves you with many unanswered questions. I truly enjoyed reading and working with this play and I highly recommend it.

    - Nora

    This was such a good play to read and perform. It was very much up to interpretation which can be both a blessing and a curse. In the case of this play, it was a blessing that let me be creative with my acting/directing. This has a mysterious, open-ended ending that leaves you with many unanswered questions. I truly enjoyed reading and working with this play and I highly recommend it.

    - Nora

    ”

Character Information

Nurse Call requires two women. Ideally, the two are at least 5 years apart in age, with WOMAN IN RED older than NURSE.


  • Nurse
    A woman, dressed in a white hospital nurse uniform. Ideally with the little Red Cross hat.
    25-55
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Woman in Red
    A woman, probably dressed in some sort of dressing gown/robe which is probably red.
    30-75
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female

Production History

  • Fringe, Exiled Theatre, 2015