a fresh goodbye

synopsis

Robert is twenty years old and he's dying of cancer.

Roger, his twin brother, left home--or was kicked out depending on who you ask--when he was sixteen years old.

Now, mysteriously, four years later Roger returns while Robert is in the middle of watching television.

Their grandparents, who raised the boys, are out of the house. They will be home soon.

But Roger's return won't be the only reunion in the house as another unexpected guest will interrupt them.

The old and young attempt to find a balance that will let them be at peace with one another and with themselves. Will they tear themselves, and each other, apart before that can happen?

characters

• Robert, dying of cancer, twenty
• Roger, Robert's shunned twin brother, twenty
• Wendy, Robert & Roger's grandmother, sixty-nine
• Patrick, Robert & Roger's grandmother, seventy-five
• Kathleen, Robert & Roger's mother, thirty-nine

status

This play has received a preliminary reading at Portland Center Stage, as part of the PCS PlayGroup. No other workshops, readings, or workshops have yet taken place. The play is currently progressing toward a first draft.