Plague of Days
A Play in One Act
by Kevin Kautzman
1F / 1M * 74pg
© 2009
Synopsis
Something is very wrong with John, the world famous photographer. What is that you say? How can that be? He gets commissions! He wins prizes! He’s world famous! What could be amiss? Well, John gets these piercing headaches that, when combined with an ambiguous dissatisfaction with his life, lead him to the dreaded “Office of Community Development,” the bureaucratic nightmare of hallways and small offices where the old, infirm, and morbidly depressed go to beg the State to euthanize them. Serving John today is the surprisingly attractive Maria, who just needs him to sign here, here, and here, yet… for some reason John can’t seem to concentrate long enough to pass a simple eye exam… As a matter of fact, this room doesn’t even look much like an office at all!
PLAGUE OF DAYS engages themes of moral blindness and the global sex/slave trade and argues that when life is for sale, death too comes cheaply.
Development & History
> PLAGUE OF DAYS was written in the fall of 2009 with support from a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis.
> Reading: Middlesex County College, Festival of Arts and Sciences, April 2011
Premiere
(Jan 21 - Feb 19)
(Readings)
Writing Workshop
NYC Premiere