3/29/2024 0 Comments 20 minute plays free scripts![]() ![]() This enrages Joey and once again he reverts to using his fist. Billy, emotionally broken, collapses and begins to weep. Since this would cause the earth to collapse on top of them and bury them alive Joey roughly stops him. Billy gives up and begins digging furiously into the side of the pit. Both characters gain a moral strength and attempt one possibility to escape which fails quickly. The play reveals a single yet significant difference in their lives: one man had a father and one did not. At this point Joey gains an understanding which opens a door for him to attempt to reason his existence. But as the two men begin to learn about one another, the tension eases. Because he is primitive and inarticulate he knows no other way to solve his problems than using his fist. Then, blame heightens the tension as Joey becomes more and more frustrated and dangerous. ![]() First, they come to accept that they are trapped. He fears and placates authority and hates this about himself.Īs the story unfolds the men move through a series of personal crises. He has given up and knows each of his tomorrows will be no different than the day before. He was no different than Joey when he was younger, but life has brought him defeat, hopelessness, and the feeling of impotence against the world which holds a strong power over him. Life has not taught him how to grapple with the meaning of his feelings.īilly, in his 40s or 50s, wants only to be left alone. He wants nothing more than to prove his worth as a man, but in a much deeper philosophical sense, he feels the need to reason his existence but doesn’t understand his life beyond a primitive turmoil. Joey, in his mid to late 20s, is angry at the world, but doesn’t know where to direct his rage. Their struggle plays out beyond just learning to work together to escape, for both men are trapped by, and come to face, their own choices in life and what makes each of them feel powerless. When the work crew leaves at the day’s end they are simply forgotten, abandoned, with no way out. Two day laborers for a construction company dig a hole in the earth 13 feet deep. ROOTS AND WINGS – AWARD WINNING TWO-HANDER DRAMA FOR MEN
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