Elvis is Dead: Saving the world takes time.
Time travellers Dr. Fred Bunson and Commander Robert Frump have travelled back in time to retrieve a lost book and save the universe. With no library card and the book already signed out things look dim for our intrepid time travellers until librarian Sally Knowlton comes to the rescue.
10 Minute Comedy – 2M, 1W, single setting – 10 Minutes
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Fred Bunson: the Historian – determined but emotional mid to late 30s.
Robert Frump: the Commander – slightly incompetent and immature 30s
Sally Knowlton: the Librarian – smart, good-natured and rational late 20s or early 30s.
SETTING
A Community Library
TIME
Just before 9:00 pm one day in the year 2019
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
2018 – Short Listed – 10: Ten Theatre Festival – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2017 – Honorable Mention, Camino Real Playhouse ShowOff! International Playwriting Festival – Camino Real, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA
2016 – The Puzzle Theatre Festival – New York City, New York, USA
2016 – The Red EYE 10S International Play Festival – Colorado, California, Kentucky, and Virginia in the USA as well as Stuttgart, Germany
2015 – Winner 6th Annual One Act Plays Festival – West Coast Players – Clearwater, Florida, USA
2015 – Short+Sweet Festival Gold Coast, Queensland Australia
2015 – Semi-finalist Rover Dramawerks 10 minute Play Contest 2015 – Plano, Texas, USA
2014 – Long Listed – Pint Sized Play Festival – Tenby, Wales, UK
2014 – Winner Dewey Decimal Festival – Friends of the Chappaqua Library – Chappaqua, New York, USA
