FADED PICTURES is a delightfully humorous and heart-warming story about an angry and discouraged young man who runs into a spunky, homeless woman in a small park. The often annoying and aggravating encounter soon becomes a daily challenge which greatly alters his life perspective. The play touches most emotions of the human experience.
The play is a challenging showcase for two actors…an older woman and a twenty-plus young man.
The set may consist of a park bench, a trash can, shrubs, trees, flowers, a light post and backdrop…or simply a bench and a trash container.
“One Spring day, while walking to lunch along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, I passed a small park. There was a homeless woman going through the trash can on one end of the park and a young man in a wrinkled suit sitting on the bench at the other end.
Later, in the restaurant, I recalled the scenario–a woman at the end of her days with little to live for and a young man just starting out in life. What if I reversed their roles? I Imagined a conversation between the two. The following is what I doodled on the paper placemat:”
“Lady, can I share with you…a secret that I know is true?
This a young man whispers to…one who already knew, of
Pictures…faded pictures in dusty frames,
Of faraway places…forgotten names.”
A good play for dinner theatre.