HIGH FIDELITY - A Ten-Minute Sci-Fi Comedy

by Donald Loftus

A son arrives at a jailhouse to retrieve his eccentric father after an outrageous public incident.

Frank arrives at a Cleveland jail to retrieve his eccentric father, Leonard, after a bizarre public spectacle. According to police, Leonard burst into a bar naked, proclaiming himself an alien from “Planet Fidelius.” As Frank apologizes for his father’s behavior, the officer recounts the increasingly absurd events...

A son arrives at a jailhouse to retrieve his eccentric father after an outrageous public incident.

Frank arrives at a Cleveland jail to retrieve his eccentric father, Leonard, after a bizarre public spectacle. According to police, Leonard burst into a bar naked, proclaiming himself an alien from “Planet Fidelius.” As Frank apologizes for his father’s behavior, the officer recounts the increasingly absurd events that led to Leonard’s arrest. Beneath the humor lies a complicated relationship between father and son. By the end of the encounter, Leonard’s outrageous claims begin to seem less impossible than they first appeared.

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HIGH FIDELITY - A Ten-Minute Sci-Fi Comedy

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  • Lee R. Lawing: HIGH FIDELITY - A Ten-Minute Sci-Fi Comedy by Donald Loftus
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    Small town America in the 1970s is such a rich vein to tap into and "High Fidelity" certainly takes advantage of that feeling of innocence where everyone knows your name and is looking after your well being in that best of ways. Loftus plays well with the set-up and then makes you feel so much emotion about Frank and Leonard and the relationship that they have and just how fragile it has been becoming until you realize that fragility's opposing side is strength and perseverance.

    Small town America in the 1970s is such a rich vein to tap into and "High Fidelity" certainly takes advantage of that feeling of innocence where everyone knows your name and is looking after your well being in that best of ways. Loftus plays well with the set-up and then makes you feel so much emotion about Frank and Leonard and the relationship that they have and just how fragile it has been becoming until you realize that fragility's opposing side is strength and perseverance.

    ”
  • Charles Scott Jones: HIGH FIDELITY - A Ten-Minute Sci-Fi Comedy by Donald Loftus
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    This Sci-Fi Comedy takes place in a jail cell in Cleveland in 1971, but much of HIGH FIDELITY gloriously (and thankfully) takes place in the audience / reader imagination as Officer HIll describes to Frank the outrageous scene that took place the night before that landed Frank's father, Leonard, in the slammer. Donald Loftus builds on the suspense as he makes you laugh. What will Leonard have to say for himself? What's the darn black box? I love the name Planet Fidelius and it's impications.

    This Sci-Fi Comedy takes place in a jail cell in Cleveland in 1971, but much of HIGH FIDELITY gloriously (and thankfully) takes place in the audience / reader imagination as Officer HIll describes to Frank the outrageous scene that took place the night before that landed Frank's father, Leonard, in the slammer. Donald Loftus builds on the suspense as he makes you laugh. What will Leonard have to say for himself? What's the darn black box? I love the name Planet Fidelius and it's impications.

    ”
  • Marus Anet: HIGH FIDELITY - A Ten-Minute Sci-Fi Comedy by Donald Loftus
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    A fast, funny three-hander with a sharp emotional core. Balances absurdist comedy with a clever sci-fi twist that reframes everything.

    A fast, funny three-hander with a sharp emotional core. Balances absurdist comedy with a clever sci-fi twist that reframes everything.

    ”
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CAST OF CHARACTERS

OFFICER HILL (Age: any): A straightforward and mildly sarcastic Cleveland police officer. While professional, he has a dry sense of humor that emerges in his interactions.

FRANK (Age: 20s): A frustrated yet caring son. Responsible and practical, he struggles to balance his love for his father with the chaos Leonard causes.

LEONARD (Age: 40s): Frank’s father. A flamboyant and unpredictable man. Prone to grandiose and eccentric behavior, he hides layers of vulnerability beneath his outrageous antics.