Four people from around the world live in an apartment together in Prague, feuding on a daily basis. When a homeless boy shows up on their fire escape, what begins as showing the kid a nice time evolves into an illegal adoption. As the two couples feud over how to handle this child’s future, tragedy strikes.
| PRINCIPLES ACE — (M, 20s), American; fugitive; deeply Christian; recovering from some kind of past misdeed; ferociously against Jacques; wants nothing to do with the kid. SAILOR — (F, 20s), English; wants to be an actress; keeps her past life a secret and doesn’t intervene on others; in a relationship with Ace. JACQUES — (M, 20s), French; addicted to opioids; sees the kid as a fun thing to have around. DANI — (F, 20s), Russian; in love with Jacques and wants him to quit; wants the kid to be her kid. BUSH — (M, 5), homeless; timid; wants to be a part of a family; immediately idolizes Jacques. |
The Leonard and Eileen Newman Prize in Dramatic Writing.
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