SEVEN GASOLINE STATIONS

by Tracy Carns

Bushwick Starr Reading Series Finalist 2023; Princess Grace Awards/New Dramatists Semifinalist 2023

Aspiring femme fatale Francine and a mysterious man named Lennox hurtle through a shifting nocturnal Americana landscape while the Gas Station Attendant reads a magazine called "Crime Does Not Pay" and warns of a Lonely Killer out on a lonely road. Somewhere else, Chorus-like Glamorous Party Guests pick over the...

Bushwick Starr Reading Series Finalist 2023; Princess Grace Awards/New Dramatists Semifinalist 2023

Aspiring femme fatale Francine and a mysterious man named Lennox hurtle through a shifting nocturnal Americana landscape while the Gas Station Attendant reads a magazine called "Crime Does Not Pay" and warns of a Lonely Killer out on a lonely road. Somewhere else, Chorus-like Glamorous Party Guests pick over the bones of everyone’s lives, loves, and inescapable crimes. Exploring the forces that write our stories as if they were locked in the pages of a pulp magazine, SEVEN GASOLINE STATIONS is a noir-tinged new play about starving for connection in a world in which running from love, killing for love, dying for love, and escaping only to escape again and again are all on the table and the price of a diner donut may be the only way to track time.

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  • Carl(os) Roa: SEVEN GASOLINE STATIONS by Tracy Carns
    “

    I really want to teach this play to my students as an example of "plays as atmosphere." I read this script during the Sewanee Writers Conference and it was one of my favorites. It's a very mysterious play that never reveals itself to the reader and it thrives off of its own ambiguity. I love reading scripts that don't have a clear cause-and-effect narrative, and it can best be described as more of an experience. I would love to design this play, and I hope to see a production one day!

    I really want to teach this play to my students as an example of "plays as atmosphere." I read this script during the Sewanee Writers Conference and it was one of my favorites. It's a very mysterious play that never reveals itself to the reader and it thrives off of its own ambiguity. I love reading scripts that don't have a clear cause-and-effect narrative, and it can best be described as more of an experience. I would love to design this play, and I hope to see a production one day!

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, Playwrights Horizons/Brooklyn College MFA New Play Lab, 2024

Awards

  • Princess Grace Awards/New Dramatists Semifinalist 2023
  • Bushwick Starr Reading Series Finalist 2023