PROUD
by Judd Lear Silverman
In May 2018, a three-day traffic jam persisted on the Schuylkill Expressway—a pride of peacocks, escapees from the nearby Philadelphia Zoo, were purposefully marching down the side of the highway on a top-secret mission. The birds (Tom, Dick, Harry, and Pat) kept successfully evading capture, despite the efforts of zoo officials (Zoo Official) and state police (State Policeman), as covered by the press (Jim, Andrea). Two exhausted birds eventually returned to the zoo, one was hit by a car, and the youngest of them has yet to be found. This is their story, from their POV.
- Cast Size: 5M 3W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
JUDD LEAR SILVERMAN (playwright) is a Berrilla Kerr Foundation grant recipient and has been published by ArtAge, Samuel French, the Journal of the Pirandello Society of America, and most recently in Applause Theatre Books’ Best American Short Plays 2018-2019, the Arts Centers of Bonita Springs’ Stage It! 7, and Fresh Words’ HELLO, GODOT! Vol 2, among others. His plays can also be found on the New Play Exchange (NPX). Recent productions of his work have been seen at the KNOW Theatre in Binghamton, NY (THE SPOT, voted the Edward Allen Baker Best Play Award November 2021, and MOVING DAY, November 2023) and through Rising Sun Performance Company, with productions of REPORT BACK TO SPACE and DECORUM. Recent productions have included PIPER IN THE WOODS, a podcast adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s short story for Jakespeare VTC, WHEN YOU CAN GET THE MILK FOR FREE at Brooklyn’s Gallery Players’ Black Box Festival, and PROUD, presented by Rising Sun Performance Company at the 14th Street Y Theatre in NYC. A member of the Dramatists Guild, he teaches English and Playwriting at Pace University. Visit him at his website, www.juddlearsilverman.com.
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