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Chemo Girl and Other Plays

The Other Room

by Christian Kiley

Dad is recovering from cancer and heavy chemotherapy treatments in the other room. It has become a dark corner of the house, especially for Mary, who rarely goes in there. Tommy goes in to watch Cubs games and wonders how the team’s over a century-long World Series drought is helping his Dad. Mom is trying to hold the family together, but it is not an easy challenge for a family dealing with cancer in The Other Room.

Drama Character Study Issue-Based

Recommended for High Schools

Running Time
About 20 minutes
Approximate; excludes intermissions and scene changes
Cast
7 Characters
4 M3 F
Set
Simple Set
Source
Part of Chemo Girl and Other Plays, a collection of 4 plays
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7 Characters
4 M, 3 F

Characters in this play are currently identified as male or female. Directors are welcome to assign any gender (binary or non-binary) to any character and modify pronouns accordingly.

DAD [M]
In the other room, is seen on stage in three flashbacks
TOMMY [M] 47 lines
Watches Cubs games with his dad
MARY [F] 58 lines
Avoids the entire ordeal by going to her best friend’s house
MOM [F] 44 lines
Trying to keep the house in order
ROB [M] 12 lines
Tommy’s friend
BOB [M] 16 lines
Tommy’s friend
JEN [F] 25 lines
Mary’s best friend; One Monologue

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