The Last Store Open in Azusa, California

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New Work
Writers: Jesse Pasternack

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
Number of Acts
1
Genres
Drama, Dark Comedy
Settings
Contemporary, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
A CVS in Azusa, California, January 2021
Cast Size
small
Ideal for
College/University, Community Theatre, Star Vehicle Male, Small Cast
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult, mature adult, young adult characters

Synopsis

Chuck serves customers day after day at the CVS in which he works. The rest of the workers have long abandoned a store that has almost been picked clean during the pandemic. Chuck is a man of few words, preferring to listen to the final voicemails from his late wife. Lost in his grief, the words and kindness of a stranger pierce through his sadness and we begin to see the man Chuck once was--and may be again.

“I believe in my mask – The man I made up is me.” -Sam Shepard

Note: A forward slash (/) indicates a point of overlap.

Lead Characters


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