Drive

by James Wilkinson

17 min. DRIVER picks up two hitchhikers late one night in the backwoods of Maine. One, PATIENT, appears to be very sick and barely clinging to life. The other, HADDER, is willing to talk, but only about how he needs to be getting to where he's going. He's desperate to get to an old friend named Elise, to repay a debt long overdue. When PATIENT takes a turn for the worse, DRIVER learns just how far HADDER will go...

17 min. DRIVER picks up two hitchhikers late one night in the backwoods of Maine. One, PATIENT, appears to be very sick and barely clinging to life. The other, HADDER, is willing to talk, but only about how he needs to be getting to where he's going. He's desperate to get to an old friend named Elise, to repay a debt long overdue. When PATIENT takes a turn for the worse, DRIVER learns just how far HADDER will go to get to his destination, and just how infectious his obsession is.

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Drive

I've seen this piece done twice. Once with three men (as written) and once with DRIVER being played by a woman. If I'm being honest, I'm not sure having DRIVER be the lone woman in the piece made dramatic sense (what woman in her right mind would pick up two male hitchhikers?). However, I think the piece could be a lot of fun with HADDER as a woman, HADDER and DRIVER as women, or all three as women. I guess what I'm saying is, feel free to cast as you see fit and change the genders as you wish.

Production History

  • Fringe, Exiled Theatre, 2015
  • Fringe, Boston Theatre Marathon, 2013