Plays by Jess Helmke

I've added "Tin Foil Hats", "99 Bottles of Milk on the Wall", "Behind the Camera", "Ojos Como El", "Friends with Ors", "Chicano Plays" about two or three more.

I have detailed updates about progress on them on my personal page @ /treblebox31

My newest play I'm working on:

"Friends with Oars" a play about a prodigal fued. By Jess Helmke (following note is loose plot structure)
6 December 2014 at 05:50
1990's or early 2000's. Setting is Chicago, Illinois and Lake Michigan. Summer. Male protagonist.

Prologue:

A man, Rainey, 35, stands at the edge of a row dock on Lake Michigan.

"The lonliness of a man. Is obvious. It is the appearance of traveling. When a man never actually moves."

Exposition: young mobster adult in childhood.
Initial Incident: a wedding question.
Rising Action: protagonist (appearing to (almost) break the fourth wall, speaks to an imaginary character [at Soliloquy moments] and 'real' life scenes.
Climax: the prodigals of gangs (ed. Maybe) have a sailing race.
Falling Action: [literary term for ignorant characters a. Discovering or b. Uncovering (a) or (the) truth.
Denouement: a party on a Chicago street or intersection.
Resolution/conclusion: it's just a try.

12/6/2014 5:50am

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