Four Wall Prism: An Extraordinary Rendition of Historical Events is a full-length techno-thriller rom-com play, currently in development. Marcus’ plan to dash away from his one-night stand with Cori falls apart when the city of Boston goes on lockdown in a hunt for the Marathon Bombers. Trapped together in an apartment along with Cori’s roommate Jayme, they soon realize that the biggest threat isn’t outside after all, in this stress-fueled comedy about privacy and privilege under siege.

The cast calls for 1 white male in his late 20s or 30s, 1 white male of any age, a black female in her late 20s or 30s, and another female in her late 20s or early 30s who can be any race but black.

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Production/Development History

Four Wall Prism received a staged reading as part of the Huntington Theatre Company's Breaking Ground Reading Series on December 3, 2016. It was directed by Morgan Gould.

Synopsis

Four Wall Prism: An Extraordinary Rendition of Historical Events is about three strangers trapped together in a Watertown apartment after an awkward one- night stand. It also happens to be the morning of April 19, 2013, and the city and surrounding areas are in lockdown while SWAT police and the National Guard swarm the streets outside in search of the alleged Boston Marathon Bombers. Marcus is less concerned about the national emergency right outside the building than he is about his PA job on the set of American Hustle and getting in touch with the fiance he neglected to mention, and who may or may not be his fiance anymore (oops?). Cori, in her drunken heat, might not have been fully honest with Marcus about being on the pill, or the fact that she kindasortamaybe hacked his personal accounts when they first met online. Nor has she been totally honest with her roommate, Jayme, about her identity, source of income, or that snub-nosed pistol that she keeps in the drawer. And poor Jayme just wants to finish her thesis on public health and climate change, but the compounding stress of the whole situation is making her mental health problems even more debilitating than they usually are.

Oh, and then there's Officer Sean Sullivan. He just wants a date. Or maybe to shoot someone.

The interpersonal conflicts between these characters continue to boil in a pressure cooker situation as they are inundated with unconfirmed reports from social media and the news, inspiring conversations about privilege, identities online as well as IRL, sexuality, and surveillance/privacy as they try to parse the overload of information coming in about the immediate situation that surrounds them. Plus we get some behind-the-scenes glimpses at each of them writing their own OK Cupid profiles.

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