Commissioned by ACT Theatre and Trial & Error Productions.
SYNOPSIS
In the middle of the Great Recession, Morris Golden fights to save his marriage and keep the bank from foreclosing on his house. And he just might be able to pull it off if only he could get this stubborn magical change machine to work. Golden paints a vulnerable portrait of how we recover from devastating events, maintain hope during hopeless times, and strive to connect with one another in order to survive in a world in crisis.
CAST BREAKDOWN
3W, 3M
PRODUCTION HISTORY
ACT Theatre ( Upcoming World Premiere April 26 - May 11 2025)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
ACT Theatre — Reading, 2023 (Faith Bennett Russell, dir.)
Copious Love Productions — Workshop, 2022 (Andrew Lee Creech, dir.)
ACT Theatre — Workshop, 2022 (Valerie Curtis-Newton, dir.)
AWARDS
Finalist — 2024 National Showcase of New Plays, National New Play Network
Finalist — 2023 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils New Play Foundry
Finalist — 2023 NAPSeries, Normal Ave Productions
Read script on New Play Exchange
SYNOPSIS
In the middle of the Great Recession, Morris Golden fights to save his marriage and keep the bank from foreclosing on his house. And he just might be able to pull it off if only he could get this stubborn magical change machine to work. Golden paints a vulnerable portrait of how we recover from devastating events, maintain hope during hopeless times, and strive to connect with one another in order to survive in a world in crisis.
CAST BREAKDOWN
3W, 3M
PRODUCTION HISTORY
ACT Theatre ( Upcoming World Premiere April 26 - May 11 2025)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
ACT Theatre — Reading, 2023 (Faith Bennett Russell, dir.)
Copious Love Productions — Workshop, 2022 (Andrew Lee Creech, dir.)
ACT Theatre — Workshop, 2022 (Valerie Curtis-Newton, dir.)
AWARDS
Finalist — 2024 National Showcase of New Plays, National New Play Network
Finalist — 2023 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils New Play Foundry
Finalist — 2023 NAPSeries, Normal Ave Productions
Read script on New Play Exchange