The intensity of this short drama is at a high level before the first line of dialogue because of Debra A. Cole's visuals: An all-orange room with a lead pipe on a table. It only increases with inscrutable characters who know too much, an act of violence with no repercussion, and an unnerving cycle of beginning again without certainty that progress is made. Is this hell? Limbo? A place for rebirth? A con? Its intensity belies a life-changing location and will jolt audiences.

A gripping and psychologically inventive one-act, Lose Yourself pulls the audience into a haunting cycle of identity, choice, and self-reckoning. Debra Cole crafts a taut, unsettling world where repetition builds tension and meaning, and the dialogue crackles with urgency. The central premise is both thought-provoking and theatrically compelling, leading to a chilling and memorable conclusion.

Wonderful suspense and use of prompts written all in an evening! Many thanks for utilizing Chekov's gun and I love that the older characters literally can't stop the young person from making the same mistakes over and over again.