Play Script

Daddy Issues

by Hillary DePiano

a drama in one act

Amelia’s looking for love in all the wrong faces. Though she’s packed her baggage and dragged it to date after date, the memory of her father still haunts her. But when she meets a strangely familiar man in the subway, she’ll finally have to confront the ghost of her past.

Play specifications:

  • Approximate Run Time: 15 to 20 minutes
  • Roles for 1 female, 1 male, 3 either gender
  • Simple staging
  • Dramatic monologue for a woman in her 20s or 30s

Availability

Available in Paperback and eBook format

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