Becoming Number Six
(3w / 2m / 1u)
Comic drama - 85 min
Characters
STEPHANIE DYLAR Late-30s. Widowed single mom. A elementary school teacher.
JEREMY DYLAR Just turned 18. A high school senior, STEPHANIE’s son.
BABBAGE 30s. An agent of The Division.
LOVELACE 30s. An agent of The Division.
JULIA Late-30s. Friend of STEPHANIE. IT worker.
NUMBER 4 Late-40s. Director general of The Division.
Synopsis
Stephanie Dylar is disturbed when two shadowy figures claiming to be intelligence agents appear on her doorstep. The agents, Lovelace and Babbage, represent a government branch known as The Division, and inform her that her son Jeremy may be involved in illegal computer activity. When Jeremy subsequently goes missing, Stephanie turns to her friend Julia for help, and is confronted with the realities of constant surveillance when Julia brings the hacking group Incognito into the mix.
Awards
2nd place, New Play Copetition, Las Vegas Little Theatre, 2019
Performance History
Last Chance New Play Fest, Helena, Nov 8-17 2019
Second Star Performance Collective (NOCCA), New Orleans, Oct-Nov 2016 (review)
Shadowbox Theatre, Dec 2014 (staged reading)
