Synopsis Alone center stage sits a shoebox. Like loved ones at a funeral waiting to pay their respects, the cast solemnly lines up behind the box. One by one, they step forward into the light, read a greeting card, and then drop it into the shoebox. A woman’s journey from cradle to grave is documented in the cards she received. There are birthdays, an engagement, a wedding, a baby shower, a promotion, a new home, a retirement, more birthdays, get well wishes, and finally condolences.

Production History Brooklyn College Gone in Sixty Seconds Brooklyn, NY Players Theatre Contempo-fest Sarasota, FL Eclectic Theatre Company Got Another Minute? Sarasota, FL Fort Point Theatre Channel Exclamation Point! 6 Dramatic Poetry Boston, MA Artist’s Showcase of Atlanta Kids/Teens Showcase Atlanta, GA Spare Change Theatre In a New York Minute New York, NY Adaptive Arts One Minute Play Festival New York, NY Act for Charity Pocket Sized Plays Philadelphia, PA LADMatters Film, Theater and Education Festival Boulder, CO Cambridge Junction Hotbed One Page Play Finals Cambridge, UK Brooklyn College The Best of Gi60 Live US Brooklyn, NY Youth Education on Stage In a BOOMTOWN Minute Williston, ND Synergy Ensemble Theater Company Deer Park's Arts Council Showcase Long Island, NY Phoenix Repertory Company Gimme a Minute Lindenhurst, Long Island, NY Ascent Classical Academy Performance Golden, CO

The cast of Shoebox at Phoenix Repertory in Lindenhurst, Long Island, New York.

Running Time: 1 minute Set: bare stage (interior unit) Cast: 2-20 any gender Published by Routledge, Mini Plays, Mock Turtle Zine, and Germ

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