Florida
Synopsis
3f, 2m
November 2021. Hundreds have gathered in Dallas, Texas to await the return of John F. Kennedy Jr. Miles away in the little town of Florida, New York a devoted follower dying of ALS watches the livestreams from her lazy boy. Her estranged son tries over and over to film a single TikTok. Her caregiver watches the little daughter she left behind practice cartwheels on FaceTime. So when the snow begins to fall and the power cuts out, who can blame them for hoping the world might be ending? Or beginning? Or unfurling into something new? A play from the Black Dirt region about deep states, Disney, and the dark new world to come.
Development History
-Workshop, The Juilliard School, January 2027, directed by Teddy Bergman