Hedgehog
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In an SRO stuffed with people living on the margins of society is Leo, a young man who spent years in a mental institution because his epilepsy was judged a mental illness. The experience left Leo with a morbid attachment to a fictional character that suffered the same misdiagnosis. This fascination often causes him to revert to a Myshkin like personality in his relations with his fellow residents. But Leo is so likable that even the down and out inmates of this 'free' asylum willingly accept being identified as characters from the novel. One resident has closely read the work and thus is able to cue the others as to their roles when necessary. But the residents have such serious problems of their own that an unavoidable intermixing of their personal lives with those of characters from 19th century Russian high society inexorably leads to a real life Dostoevskian crisis.
Jim Pangrazio
The general consensus is that change is urgent. Yet those claiming to work toward that end choose illusory paths that serve more as an impediment to the change they profess to seek. It is a closed loop -- a path that follows itself -- a safe at home tour rather than an expedition in search of wherever. My plays attempt to untangle the complex knots created by repeated trips to nowhere by focusing on the fearful simplicity of uncontaminated life where acceptance and rejection meet to hash out what's bothering them.
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Hedgehog - Jim Pangrazio
Hedgehog
Published by Jim Pangrazio at Smashwords
Copyright 2014 Jim Pangrazio
ISBN: 9781311701275
Time: 1980's. Scene: Outside grubby SRO room in a much grubbier building. Lots of occupant traffic. Inside most of space taken by a bed, couple of chairs, mini-fridge, hotplate, free-standing wardrobe.... Row of books on fireplace mantel. Radio on tiny nightstand. One window. It's the only room with private bath. To the right of that room is an even smaller one.. What was once a single room had been divided by a thin wall to make two. To the right of that room are stairs to the top floor. Dave – Occupant of room. About 30. Works midnight shift in warehouse. Mariella – Lives in room on the other side of the thin wall. About 30. Cuban immigrant. Very pretty. Uncertain source of income. Liza – Mariella's lover -- 30's. Appears to be better off than the others. Possible alcoholic – abusive relationship with Mariella. Al – Lives in room on top floor. Baritone opera singer. Late 20's Performs in church choirs or in any paying singing job while trying out for opera companies. Tall, good-looking, intense even though often stoned. Leo – Former mental patient. Placed on drugs and institutionalized until discovered to be epileptic....early 20's. Quiet and very likable even when a nuisance. Feminine good looks. Bob and Nina – Couple living on top floor. He 30's, powerfully built and menacing – she 20's, very attractive. Stormy relationship. Gene – 30's. Maintenance man. Dignified. Lives in a real apartment somewhere.
(Opens with Dave talking to Gene outside his room and in front of the door to Mariella's room. Sounds of a ruckus coming from inside. Also of Al vocalizing from his room on the floor above.)
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