Fin & Euba - One-Act - Short Play - Two (2) Women

WINNER OF OVER A DOZEN ONE-ACT FESTIVALS

BEST AMERICAN

SHORT PLAYS

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"This poignant and sneakily powerful play offers an unsettlingly pragmatic look at the fragility of dreams and the desolation of a hard-scrabble life lived without them. And, lest that sounds too high-falutin', Fin and Euba are cleanly drawn characters whose responses to their lives and to each other will utterly break your heart. " - Paul Donnelly

"One of the warmest, most sincere, and unapologetically “Southern” plays that I have ever seen. The two women in this particular one-act, titled Fin & Euba, remind me so much of myself that my eyes well up. Both Fin and Euba are preoccupied with escaping their current situation; they feel stuck working factory jobs all the while dreaming of something bigger. They are Southern, yes, and the regional idioms they use garner quite a few audience laughs, but they are not defined one-dimensionally by where they’re from. That is, their culture does not overshadow their character." - Meghan McLeroy, "The South the Theatre Forgot," HOWLROUND. Read full article.

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Fin and Euba (One-Act Play for Two Women) inhabit a suffocating world. Big dreams, small town prospects. As is their ritual, they sit out on the porch this late Autumn night, watching the cars go by... drinking, bitching, and planning their escape.

CHARACTERS

EUBA - any age; any ethnicity; quiet; a follower
FIN - any age; any ethnicity; self-assured; dry and gritty

DETAILS

Strong roles for women
Great choice for high school & college productions
A one-act festival favorite
Simple set requirements
Flexible casting
Drinking & smoking referred to in script is optional
Run Time: 25 Minutes
Setting: Time and location are flexible

AWARDS/HISTORY

Winner: 2019 Alabama Community Theatre Festival
Winner: Liverpool Theatre Fest (Best Script)
Winner: Strawberry One-Act Festival (NY premiere)
Winner: Virginia Theatre Assoc. Comm. Theatre Festival
Winner: UMBC In 10 Play Festival
Winner: Eastern States Theatre Festival
Winner: Northern Virginia One-Act Festival
Winner: Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival
Winner: Maryland One-Act Festival
Finalist: Pittsburgh New Works Festival
Finalist: Impact Theater One-Act Festival
2nd Place: Nantucket Short Play Festival
Reading: Ensemble Studio Theatre

PUBLISHED: Best American Short Plays

PUBLISHED/LICENSED: Samuel French