u/steffenhuck

Gaddafi and Bokassa in the Green Room

They admire each other's outfits and ponder their achievements. They don't know why they are sitting there.

Napoleon makes a brief appearance, much to their annoyance.

The Green Room

Let me know what you think.

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u/steffenhuck — 4 days ago
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The Institute for the Advancement of Dictatorships (IAD)

I have been working on this series of short plays, all set at the IAD on the shores of Lake Geneva.

The IAD has lots of guest lecturers from the past, Caesar, Stalin, Robbespierre, to name a few. And it has a permanent resident, Napoleon Bonaparte who, over time, forms kind of a bond with one of the students.

A few plays feature excursions of the institute. One, perhaps the most important one for me, to Gaza City.

You can read all the plays here: The Institute for the Advancement of Dictatorships

The Gaza play is here: The Lesson of Impunity

It's immediate aftermath where the first student is put on trial (with Vishinsky as a guest judge) here: The Fragment

Needless to say, I would be very grateful for feedback.

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u/steffenhuck — 5 days ago

I dropped my first play on New Play Exchange.

The Rock features a criminal, a ghost and a person called Gary. They talk about choices and counterfactuals. The bartender pours.

A link to the NPX site is here: The Rock | New Play Exchange

And a web version here: The Rock

This is a bit exciting and I would be thrilled about feedback of any kind.

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u/steffenhuck — 11 days ago