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    Lying in the Quiet Darkness
    Lying in the Quiet Darkness
    Lying in the Quiet Darkness
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    Lying in the Quiet Darkness

    By Walter Konrad

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    When Alex reveals his plans for the future, he and his long-time friend Joe discover that their friendship is not nearly as strong as they believed. Based on a true story, this play explores how fragile friendship can truly be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWalter Konrad
    Release dateNov 2, 2014
    ISBN9781310152511
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      Lying in the Quiet Darkness - Walter Konrad

      Lying in the Quiet Darkness

      by

      Walter Konrad

      Lying in the Quiet Darkness

      Published by Walter Konrad at Smashwords

      Copyright 2014 Walter Konrad

      CHARACTERS

      Joe Your typical late-20-something white guy. He's just finished graduate school and has started his career. His whole life is ahead of him and his possibilities are endless. Luck seems to find him at every turn, and he sailed through higher education with little or no difficulties. He's been Alex's friend since the third grade.

      Alex Joe's life-long friend who is in many ways the opposite of Joe: he's not white, he's short, he's not academically gifted, and he's deeply insecure. His life has been a serious of great ideas followed by mediocre followup and failure. He currently works for the local University for the agriculture department. His job is to maintain local vineyards and help the faculty with their studies. It's a blue-collar job, which isolates Alex among his high-school friends, all of whom have gone onto higher education.

      ACT I

      (The curtain opens and two men in their late twenties, Joe and Alex, are seated at a table at a restaurant, laughing as though they've just shared a great joke. They've been friends since the third grade -- in fact, today is the 20th anniversary of their friendship.)

      JOE

      Man, am I glad to get away from the office for a bit.

      ALEX

      Yeah? How are thing over there?

      JOE

      Oh you know, it's work, right? Pretty slow today, just doing some boring grunt work.

      ALEX

      Harsh.

      JOE

      Eh, it's not that bad. They have me working on a really cool project actually.

      ALEX

      (Showing interest.)

      Yeah? What's it about?

      JOE

      Well... I really can't talk about it.

      ALEX

      Why not?

      JOE

      (Smugly.)

      It's classified.

      ALEX

      Oh...

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