Characters
The Dealer – Age 50+
Player 1 – Age 30 – 40
Player 2 – Age 20 – 30
The play is set in an in-between limbo world where suicide victims are forced to re-enact their death as part of some sort of atonement. Though he doesn’t fully understand what is going on, the Dealer is in charge and does indeed act as a dealer in a simple card game that the players are forced to play and invariably lose. The loss instigates another re-enactment cycle. The characters continue on this merry-go-round until at some point, the dealer loses and the characters move on to the next stage. The introduction of Player 2 sparks a change for all the characters in a way that none of them could have foreseen. The characters are male but all female would work with minor modifications. A mixed cast would not work. Selected for performance by Amigo Productions, Wexford, Ireland for their 2024 page to stage competition.
View script HERE
With the cast, Carol Stacey, Tonya Swaine and Carmel Furlong with director Paul Hughes at the Wexford Arts Centre.
Joe Bergin 