Pausing To Sniff The Truffles: A One Act

By Krista Bergren-Walsh

Krista Bergren-Walsh's one act play, "Stopping to Sniff the Truffles: A One Act," is an illuminating drama focused on the intersectionality of disability (ADHD), alcholism, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has placed substantial stress on society. During these stressfull times, there is still an ability, as well as a drive to find joy in the simple th

• Language: English
• Publisher: Croak Publishing
• Release date: Sep 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781088045206

Krista Bergren-Walsh

Before graduating from Creighton Universityh in 2016, Krista Bergren-Walsh feel in love with the complexities and arieties of storytelling within the theatre world. She won a writing contest on campus and got to watch her one act, Diamonds in the Rough, performed for Creighton University's 50th Theater Anniversary. Krista has won 6th place in Script Writing for Writer's Digest 90th Annual Competition with her play, This Play is Utter B.S. She has poetry and flash fiction featured in Wishbone Words, Boats Against the Current, The Dallowayh Press, Void Space Vine, Moon Cola, and Storytellers Refrain. She has upcoming works with Bullshit Lit, The Bitchin' K, and Seafront Press. Krista lives with her wonderful husband, four chaoptic ferrets (she fully intends to write a play about them), and their orange cat Felix. She hopes to eventually start her vegetable garden this year and to eat plenty of meals seasoned with truffles.

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Characters

CHARACTERS:

KRISELLE: A young woman between 21-25 years old. She has dark circles under her eyes. She is wearing a long blue dress with red roses on it. She carries around a notebook and laptop around the apartment. She has an ungodly amount of pens on her person at all times. She is the writer of the script, trying to navigate how she wants the play to go. She interacts with her characters ERIGERON and FUCHSIA, and her cat FELIX, who is also a character in the play. The play is a project for KRISELLE’S graduate class.

ERIGERON: Between her mid-twenties to early thirties. Outfits vary as winter coat, scarf, gloves, and hat with hospital scrubs underneath. She performs most of the play dressed in buffalo red and black plaid shirts and black leggings with snow boots replaced with slippers. She