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Synopsis:
A son visits his mother in the hospital. What follows is a kind of dance. One of them is dying.
Set:
Bare stage or, at the very most, something suggesting a hospital room.
Cast:
MOTHER - older, in a hospital gown
SON - younger, in a business suit.
Some notes on presentation:
All speech is voiceover. Ideally, the two actors doing the voicing are present, and speaking into stand-up mikes. Practically, they could be pre-recorded, and mixed with the music. Some kind of amplification should be used.
Suggested music should be mellow, contemplative. Enough to underscore movement, not enough to overwhelm.
Production History:
Holding Her Alive was given a staged reading at the Sanctuary for the Arts, Columbus, with Ellen Nickles and Nick Lingnofski. Kathy Burkman directed.