AGORA

FULL LENGTH - Unproduced. Set sometime in the near future, maybe 2025, when the world is still dealing with the ups and downs of multiple global long-lasting pandemics, two neighbors strike up an unlikely friendship through their picture windows. While Bennet begins to find her escape by starting to tempt her fate and health in the outside world, Shell finds solace by retreating to the recesses of her mind where...

FULL LENGTH - Unproduced. Set sometime in the near future, maybe 2025, when the world is still dealing with the ups and downs of multiple global long-lasting pandemics, two neighbors strike up an unlikely friendship through their picture windows. While Bennet begins to find her escape by starting to tempt her fate and health in the outside world, Shell finds solace by retreating to the recesses of her mind where "life's a beach" and Matt Damon is the postman. When tensions test their friendship and carelessness creates a life-threatening situation, Shell faces a challenge that she may not be able to overcome. This two-hander stitches together reality with fantasy as it dissects how connection and friendship become lifelines in an increasingly isolated world.

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  • Tony Tambasco: AGORA

    Davidson quickly creates a sense of a strong bond between these characters, and early in the second act introduces a conflict between them reflective of the stresses of the pandemic in a way that really grabbed my attention. The script also had me doubting what was real within the world of the play in a way that connects with some of its themes of virtual experience.

    Davidson quickly creates a sense of a strong bond between these characters, and early in the second act introduces a conflict between them reflective of the stresses of the pandemic in a way that really grabbed my attention. The script also had me doubting what was real within the world of the play in a way that connects with some of its themes of virtual experience.

Shell: 50s-60s, female identified.
Bennet: 30s-40s, female identified.

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization The Lab Chicago, Year 2022