A Short Stuff Contest Submission
Content disclosures: Discussion of parent death.
RIVER- 19, Non-Binary. Fiercely loyal. Highly caring to the people in their lives while still incredibly self-ambitious. Stubborn to a fault.
ALYSSA- 17, Female presenting. Charmingly funny. Shares the family's stubbornness. Slyly
clever.
Hey! Woah. I'm not even gonna lie, this play had me cackling, and I really enjoyed it. It's such a world. Like not a series of events that happen in 10 minutes, but a whole planet, like the worldbuilding is on point, from the imagery to the allusions to the tone to the motifs, etc. I think the part I like the most about your writing here, though, is how propelled it is by action. It's like the words they say are the crest at the top of a wave of action, and it's never monotonous, either, and the comedy really hits from those surprises, those dynamics. Literarily, it's a pleasure to read, but theatrically, I think it would be…