Sinergy (A Ten-Minute Play)

by James McLindon

A new sort of biotech startup, harnessing medieval technology (sin-eating) to meet a modern need, makes its pitch to a venture capitalist firm.

A new sort of biotech startup, harnessing medieval technology (sin-eating) to meet a modern need, makes its pitch to a venture capitalist firm.

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Sinergy (A Ten-Minute Play)

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  • R. D. Murphy: Sinergy (A Ten-Minute Play) by James McLindon
    “

    A sharp, brisk indictment of venture capitalists with a chaser of medieval misery, as if Jonathan Swift wrote a 10-minute GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. This simply staged, lunatic sales pitch imagines marketing a sin-eater to today's wellness market, balancing gleeful greed with eternal torment. But it's a job, right?

    A sharp, brisk indictment of venture capitalists with a chaser of medieval misery, as if Jonathan Swift wrote a 10-minute GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. This simply staged, lunatic sales pitch imagines marketing a sin-eater to today's wellness market, balancing gleeful greed with eternal torment. But it's a job, right?

    ”

Character Information

AUBREY . . . . . . . . . . . . AN UNORTHODOX BIOTECH STARTUP CEO, 20s -60S (PROBABLY ON THE YOUNGER SIDE), ANY RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, OR ORIENTATION

TRISTRAM . . . . . . . . . . . A MEDIEVAL PEASANT, PERHAPS WELSH, 20s to 60s, ANY RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, OR ORIENTATION

TAYLOR . . . . . . . . . . . . A HARDNOSED VENTURE CAPITALIST, 40s-70s, PROBABLY OLDER THAN AUBREY, ANY RACE/ETHNICITY, GENDER, OR ORIENTATION

Diverse casting is encouraged.
  • AUBREY
    AN UNORTHODOX BIOTECH STARTUP CEO, A POLISHED SALESPERSON BRIMMING WITH CONFIDENCE.
    20s -60S (PROBABLY ON THE YOUNGER SIDE)
    Any/Race Ethnicity
    Any gender
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
  • TRISTRAM
    A MEDIEVAL PEASANT, FEARFUL, DOWNTRODDEN, EXPECTING A SHORT LIFE AND A TERRIBLE END
    20s to 60s
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Any gender
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      20s,
      30s,
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+
  • TAYLOR
    A HARD-NOSED VENTURE CAPITALIST, NOBODY'S FOOL, LOOKING FOR A BIG SCORE
    40s-70s, PROBABLY OLDER THAN AUBREY
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    Any gender
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s,
      70s+

Development History

  • Workshop, 938collective, Brooklyn, NY, 2024

Production History

  • Professional, Theatre Three, 2025