Synopsis Two ants delightfully feast on a huge strawberry, while expounding the joys of slipping away from the colony to invade a picnic. The third ant bitterly reminds them of their ant friends whose lives have been lost to picnic escapades. The pleasure-seeking ants point out that striving for a better quality of life has its causalities, while the cautious ant feels the risks do not outweigh the rewards. Their debate is interrupted when a little girl spots the ants on her strawberry. Her mother prepares to take care of the situation, as the lights go down.

Production History Avatar Repertory Theater Reading Online with Second Life Act for Charity Pocket Sized Plays Philadelphia, PA Brooklyn College Gone in Sixty Seconds Brooklyn, NY Turner Hall River Rats for the Arts An Evening of Very Short Plays Boonville, MO Youth Education on Stage In A BOOMTOWN Minute Williston, ND Clintonville Community Market Third Friday Food Play Columbus, OH Constellation Productions 1:One UAE Theatre Fest Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ascent Classical Academy Performance Golden, CO

Lamya Tawfik, Greg Lunn, and Tabassum Inamdar in Checkered Past at the 1:One UAE Theatre Fest in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Directed by Lamya Tawfik.

Running Time: 1 minute Set: a picnic (exterior unit) Cast: 3 any gender, 2 F voice-overs Published by The Quotable

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