Dan Born

Scripts

The Wonder Drug

by Dan Born

Synopsis

What if a drug could make you more empathic? What if a court ordered you to take it? The play examines the predicament of two men who had previously led lives utterly lacking in fellow feeling, and who now can no longer avoid the realization of what such a life entailed. They meet once a week in a public park. The court doesn't know.

What if a drug could make you more empathic? What if a court ordered you to take it? The play examines the predicament of two men who had previously led lives utterly lacking in fellow feeling, and who now can no longer avoid the realization of what such a life entailed. They meet once a week in a public park. The court doesn't know.

Unghosting the Chromosome

by Dan Born

Synopsis

Unghosting the Chromosome is an imaginative re-telling of the true story of how a young student from rural Kansas first unlocked the secrets of the chromosome, and thus of biological inheritance. The Sutton-Boveri Hypothesis, a keystone of early genetics, was developed by Walter Sutton while he was a student at the University of Kansas and at Columbia in the early 20th century.

Unghosting the Chromosome is an imaginative re-telling of the true story of how a young student from rural Kansas first unlocked the secrets of the chromosome, and thus of biological inheritance. The Sutton-Boveri Hypothesis, a keystone of early genetics, was developed by Walter Sutton while he was a student at the University of Kansas and at Columbia in the early 20th century.

The Man Without a Country

by Dan Born

Synopsis

"The Man Without a Country" is the fictional story of a young Army officer, Philip Nolan, who fell in with
the plots of Aaron Burr during the early years of the 19th century. The story, written in the darkest days of
the Civil War, became an immediate and enduring sensation, going through multiple printings
and movie remakes. Classics Illustrated, a popular comic book series, featured the story. This stage...

"The Man Without a Country" is the fictional story of a young Army officer, Philip Nolan, who fell in with
the plots of Aaron Burr during the early years of the 19th century. The story, written in the darkest days of
the Civil War, became an immediate and enduring sensation, going through multiple printings
and movie remakes. Classics Illustrated, a popular comic book series, featured the story. This stage adaptation contains departures from the original story. It enlarges the role of Aaron Burr, who is portrayed as a damaged and charismatic politician, and introduces the role of Nolan's fiance, Aurora, who is a vital presence during both his actual and figurative trials.

The Poetry Shift

by Dan Born

Synopsis

Night shift at an electronics plant. They're left alone as long as the work gets done and no one messes up. Sheri is messing up.

Night shift at an electronics plant. They're left alone as long as the work gets done and no one messes up. Sheri is messing up.

Bang

by Dan Born

Synopsis

Bang is a monologue delivered by the apparition of Joan Vollmer, immediately after she was shot by William Burroughs, her common law husband, in Mexico City in 1951. As she waits for the ambulance to arrive, she reflects on her relationship with the famous writer, on the passionate nucleus that launched the Beat movement, and on a murder in that close-knit group of artists, presaging her own death.

Bang is a monologue delivered by the apparition of Joan Vollmer, immediately after she was shot by William Burroughs, her common law husband, in Mexico City in 1951. As she waits for the ambulance to arrive, she reflects on her relationship with the famous writer, on the passionate nucleus that launched the Beat movement, and on a murder in that close-knit group of artists, presaging her own death.

Where Should We Have Our Thanks?

by Dan Born

Synopsis

Four friends discover that they are Hamlet and company in a production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

Four friends discover that they are Hamlet and company in a production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.

The H.U.R.T.

by Dan Born

Synopsis

The off-stage members of the Horizons Unlimited Repertory Theatre, a mid-western touring company, attempt to complete the 501(c)(3) application for Non-Profit Status while backstage during a childrens' performance of Androcles and the Lion. What could go wrong?

The off-stage members of the Horizons Unlimited Repertory Theatre, a mid-western touring company, attempt to complete the 501(c)(3) application for Non-Profit Status while backstage during a childrens' performance of Androcles and the Lion. What could go wrong?