1 performer · Running time to be confirmed
On Track
A life read as railway
Synopsis
Brian, whose life has always run on the rhythms and systems of railways, traces the tracks through childhood, work, family, isolation, and connection. A study of how a single passion can serve at once as map, refuge, language, and lifeline.
At a glance
What a producer needs firstCast
1 performer
Running time
Running time to be confirmed
Genre
Solo drama
Technical demand
Minimal
Availability
Script on requestLicensed through Upstage Left Press
Characters
1 performer to cast
Brian
A man whose lasting connection with trains and railways shapes how he reads his life and his surroundings.
Staging and technical requirementsMinimal
A bare or nearly bare space. No railway machinery is needed. Lighting and sound may support transitions in memory, place, and rhythm.
What you will need
- A company of 1 performer
- A slot of Running time to be confirmed
- Technical capacity described as minimal
- A performance licence, granted separately from the script
Themes
What it is really aboutI write plays to entertain in the truest sense of the word: to give serious attention to people, questions, and histories that are too often pushed aside.Jeanmarie Simpson, artist statement
In the classroom
In development. Available for workshop and staged reading partnerships with programmes interested in being part of a play’s making rather than only its production.
From the archive
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Performance rights
Stage it
Rights are available for universities, schools, community theatres, festivals, workshops, staged readings, and independent productions.
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