"Frankie Moon's Long Gone" by Ean Miles Kessler

Frankie Moon's Long Gone

by

Ean Miles Kessler

Join us on Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2pm for our latest Saturday Reading Series! This week's play is "Frankie Moon's Long Gone" by Ean Miles Kessler. This play was developed as a part of the Playwright Development Program in Miami, Florida, and was workshopped earlier this year at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis.

Synopsis

A comedy about cancer.  Frank has decided to end chemo treatments, choosing instead to chain-smoke his way to the bitter end.  His son, Steve, has recently gone into a tailspin after his ex-boyfriend left him...and returning home to care for Frank has NOT HELPED.  In an attempt to get Frank to go back on chemo and keep fighting, Steve hires Marty--a born again hospice aide, with a song in his heart.  The deal is this:  if Frank goes back on treatments, Steve will fire Marty.  If not...Marty stays...until the bitter, bitter end.  A vicious comedy about loss, death, and a father and son trying to meet somewhere in the middle.