When The Main Character is found dead, Detective Kevin Chen is tasked with finding the killer before the story falls apart. As things begin to unravel, these stock characters compete for their version of the story, and Kevin must decide what type of character he wants to be. Find out at 6/7 Central!
60 minutes, 3 women, 2 men (Comedy)
Development
Staged Reading, Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival, 2022
Workshop and Staged Reading, Lunchbox Theatre Stage Two Festival of New Canadian Work 2021
Workshop and Staged Reading, Lunchbox Theatre Stage One Festival of New Canadian Work 202
Press
“Six (well, five) characters in search of a writer’s room. This send-up of television police procedurals is very funny, very smart, and—at an important moment in the play—surprisingly moving. The playwright has a sharp eye for the absurdities (and also delights) of the genre, and also has some very keenly-observed things to say about how sticking slavishly to a formula, and relegating minority characters and stories to the sidelines, can keep us from seeing the Big Picture. A well-crafted and thoroughly original play. With thanks to Pirandello.”
– Festival Judge, Peter Hagan (former President of Dramatists Play Service)
Social Media
“A meta work that proves that the author is dead, resurrects the author, and then kills the author again. In between some great comedic beats and opportunities for actors to have a blast playing off each other, are some compelling ruminations on identity, agency, and the ways in which the stories we tell reflect our lives, and how they really don't.”
