Tuna Fish Eulogy
by Lindsay Price
The tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. Written in the Ladder play format the text runs in vertical columns for fuller choral work.
About 40 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
4
1 M | 2 W | 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
40 pages
In addition to traditional live stage performance rights, Tuna Fish Eulogy can also be performed under the following scenarios.
Virtual Performance
A Virtual Performance is a performance on an online web conferencing platform such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Skype, or Google Meets where performers are geographically isolated from one another and not together on a stage.
No audience is physically present with the performers. The audience is logged in to the same web conferencing platform as the performers.
Each time the play is performed for a virtual audience of any size (whether or not admission is charged) constitutes one performance.
Livestream Performance
Productions of Tuna Fish Eulogy may be Livestreamed.
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Each time the show is Livestreamed (whether performed live or pre-recorded) constitutes one performance.
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"Price's images and dialogue are so vivid that one never misses the set and props." - Night-Life Magazine, Buffalo
Winner of the 1996 National Playwriting Award for best one-act play.
This is a play for advanced actors in which the tragedy of a young boy's death is examined. As the story unfolds, the mysteries start to pile up: Was it suicide? Could it have been prevented? Who is responsible? His mother? The babysitter?
Written in the unique Ladder Play format, the text runs in vertical columns to allow for fuller choral work. If you are looking for a challenge for your students, this is the play for you.
Awards and Accolades
- Winner of the 1996 National Playwriting Award for best one-act play.
- Swept the All England Theatre Festival Northern Area Final
- Bayside High School earned a "Superior" ranking at the 2006 Florida State Thespian Festival.
- Nelson County High School earns first place over all in Virginia High School League "A" one act competition
- Best Production Zone 2 Alberta High School Drama Festival 2014
Characters
4
1 Man, 2 Women, 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
- WOMAN ONE [W]
- Plays Ms. Scully, Albert’s Mother. Several monologues.
- MAN ONE [A]
- Plays a host of characters surrounding the family: A Mediator, a Reverend, a Boyfriend, and others. Several monologues.
- WOMAN TWO [W]
- Plays Cherry, a young woman and friend of the family who does not approve of Albert’s upbringing. Several monologues.
- MAN TWO [M]
- Plays Albert, the child himself, now deceased. Several monologues.
- Settings
- Present day
- Dress
- Contemporary costumes
- Audience
- Teen
- Features
- Character study Ladder play
- Set
- Simple set
- Cautions
- Adult themes
- Themes
- Childhood Death Friendship Illness/Health Memory Parenting/Family Poverty
- Other uses
- Competition Monologues Audition material Class work Scene work
- Awards & Accolades
- Plays with Awards & Accolades
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About 40 minutes
Times given are approximate and do not include intermissions/scene changes/breaks
4
1 M | 2 W | 1 Any Gender, Easily Expandable
Simple Set
40 pages