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Synopsis

What happens when the lives of an awkward math teacher, a teenage prodigy, and a hardened origami artist collide? Ilana Andrews is perfectly content to stay holed up in her apartment making origami figures, until her biggest fan, Andy, suddenly shows up. A math teacher by day and origami enthusiast by night, Andy introduces Ilana to his 18-year-old student Suresh. It seems Suresh is something of a child prodigy--a math genius with an extraordinary ability to create intricate origami figures on pure instinct. These three people are about as fragile as the delicate origami pieces that fill Ilana’s studio apartment, and they’ll change each others’ lives in ways they couldn’t have imagined. This three-person, language-driven play uses the metaphor of origami to look at how relationships intersect and leave their mark, for better or worse.

Show Information

Book
Rajiv Joseph
Category
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2008
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Settings
Contemporary, Unit/Single Set
Time & Place
A studio apartment., Present day.
Cast Size
small
Orchestra Size
None
Dancing
None
Licensor
Dramatists Play Service
Ideal For
Ensemble Cast, Mostly Male Cast, Professional Theatre, Regional Theatre, Small Cast, Includes Adult, Late Teen Characters

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Plot

Characters

Name Part Size Gender Vocal Part

Ilana Andrews

Lead

Female

Non-singer

Andy Froling

Lead

Male

Non-singer

Suresh

Lead

Male

Non-singer

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Key Terms

    A literary device that applies a word or phrase to an object or action, when the two are not comparable.

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Guide Written By:

Kevan Dunkelberg

Kevan Dunkelberg

Oklahoma-based drama teacher, actor and playwright