2 Actors: 1 Female (60s\/70s), 1 Male (60s\/70s)
\nRunning Time: 20 Minutes<\/p>\n
Ruth wants to pack up the farm and move into the city. Maybe winters in Arizona. George wants a nap and to forget about it all. It’s too bad that they both might get what they want.<\/p>\n
A touching short play that brings audiences to tears, this story is for anyone who ever hoped for something more.<\/p>\n
The Toaster<\/strong> is also a scene in the full-length play West of the 3rd Meridian<\/strong> (See Full length plays).<\/p>\n Ruth: George\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Why do you start the truck, then go back and forth in the yard?<\/em><\/p>\n George (brief pause): I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thinking about going somewhere.<\/em><\/p>\n Ruth: Where?<\/em><\/p>\n (Long pause)<\/em><\/p>\n George: \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2 Actors: 1 Female (60s\/70s), 1 Male (60s\/70s) Running Time: 20 Minutes Ruth wants to pack up the farm and move into the city. Maybe winters in Arizona. George wants a nap and to forget about it all. It’s too bad that they both might get what they want. A touching short play that brings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plays","category-short"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinadavies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}