Winner of the 2014 Peter Honegger Award for Best Play
Getting the Axe
ANTAGONIST: I don’t want to die.
DRAMATURGE: What?
ANTAGONIST: I don’t want to die.
DRAMATURGE: Speak up! I can’t hear a word you’re saying over this racket.
ANTAGONIST : I DON’T WANT TO DIE!
DRAMATURGE: I wouldn’t want to die for this play either.
ANTAGONIST: I’m tired of getting the axe day after day.
The anxiety of waiting for it to come down on me.
It’s unbearable.
PLAYWRIGHT: Unbearable?
Are you kidding me?
I’m the playwright!
I get to say who lives or dies!
DRAMATURGE: What?
ANTAGONIST: I don’t want to die.
DRAMATURGE: Speak up! I can’t hear a word you’re saying over this racket.
ANTAGONIST : I DON’T WANT TO DIE!
DRAMATURGE: I wouldn’t want to die for this play either.
ANTAGONIST: I’m tired of getting the axe day after day.
The anxiety of waiting for it to come down on me.
It’s unbearable.
PLAYWRIGHT: Unbearable?
Are you kidding me?
I’m the playwright!
I get to say who lives or dies!