Good Things Come
The inspiration for this came from my mother. She spent a great deal of the 1930s worrying about who exactly might crawl through her bedroom window and carry her off. Like Charles Lindbergh, her father believed in the healthful effects of night air, and required her window to be open - wide enough for an illegal German to slip through and snatch her. Luckily for my mother there was to be no Bruno Hauptmann in her life.
For Mig. You can raise the window now.
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Synopsis:
A young girl waits for her gentleman caller. She waits and waits, until she finally realizes she has to take matters into her own hands...
Cast:
ELLEN: one actress, playing ages 11 through 86
MAN or MEN: DAD (35 - 55), KURT (18), BRIAN (40), VINCENT (30), FIREMAN (86)
The men can be played by separate actors but my preference is for one 1936 to 2011
Time:
1936 to 2011
Location and Set:
ELLEN’s bedroom, somewhere near Hopewell, New Jersey. A bed and a window.
Production History:
A segment of Good Things Come was read by Women at Play, Columbus, Ohio, as part of ‘Dave Carley’s Shorts’, May 2010. The actors were David Fawcett and Michelle Schroeder. Katherine Burkman directed.