Person or Persons Unknown

Full length. In Person or Persons Unknown, a horrendous multiple murder draws a bereaved daughter home to search for answers. She teams up with an ambitious reporter, who takes every opportunity to create a media firestorm, to solve her father's murder and face her own demons. Past and present collide as media coverage and a sensational investigation distort truth and justice to become the story. Eight actors (4...

Full length. In Person or Persons Unknown, a horrendous multiple murder draws a bereaved daughter home to search for answers. She teams up with an ambitious reporter, who takes every opportunity to create a media firestorm, to solve her father's murder and face her own demons. Past and present collide as media coverage and a sensational investigation distort truth and justice to become the story. Eight actors (4 women, 4 men). Multiple locations in continuous action.

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Person or Persons Unknown

4W, 4M
BURT, mid 50s.
JULIE, early 30s, his daughter.
ELENA, 18, a waitress in the diner.
KAREN, late 40s-early 50s, waitress in the diner.
BIHN, late teens, looks younger, refugee,
BILL, early 30s, a television reporter.
CHRIS, early 40s, a television reporter.
CONNOR, 40s, handyman around the diner.

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Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Chicago Dramatists, Year 2001
  • Type Reading, Organization Victory Gardens Theatre, Year 2000
  • Type Reading, Organization Chicago Dramatists, Year 1998

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Wing & Groove Theatre, Year 2001