{"id":19431,"date":"2023-08-31T05:36:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T05:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19431"},"modified":"2025-01-18T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T17:37:54","slug":"off-the-path-chance-encounters-with-strangers-a-one-act-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19431","title":{"rendered":"Off The Path \u2022 Chance Encounters with Strangers \u2022 A Ten-Minute Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=19062\"><strong>Coni Koepfinger<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>In a more remote New Jersey neighborhood, near an old church, what can happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Grace Anderson and her husband Greg recently bought an old farmhouse in New Jersey. The house and its surrounding property date back to the 1800\u2019s. They love the area even though they were told it might be haunted, since it\u2019s quite remote and their distant neighbors would see lights going on and off at various hours of the night.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But the Andersons are quite happy with their little piece of serenity that is nestled firmly in the woods. There is a great walking path behind the house. Behind that is an old building that used to be a church that sits on the nature reserve and a bird sanctuary. Grace and Greg love to take their dog, Bruiser, walking in these magical woods. One day, Bruiser disappears. When Grace goes to look for him, she meets some strangers who will change her life forever.<\/p>\n<p>ARTWORK: Illustration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/forest-path-exit-forest-trees-silhouette-vector-white-background-isolated-wood-forest-path-exit-forest-trees-image109796421\">109796421<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/nosyrevy_info\">Siarhei Nosyreu<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/illustration\/forest-path-black-white.html\">Dreamstime.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(NOTE: Title Art is for our use only. We are not licensed to allow others to use it.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>PLAY DETAILS:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">2w, 2m. 1either\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Grace Anderson<\/strong> &#8211; An interaction designer for Google; works in Manhattan. Raised Catholic, but now questioning. Happy but seeking deeper meaning in life. Trusting and kind, comfortable in nature and their new environment. Recently doubting her self-worth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greg Anderson<\/strong> &#8211; Her husband, also works at Google in Chelsea, but is a product analyst in data science. Recently opened his own start up. Happily married for 3 years. He really wants kids, but Grace was told she cannot conceive.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Not so happy in the woods, liked living in the city.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Stranger<\/strong> &#8211; Very tall, either male or female, and very emphatic in speech.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Has a kindly nature and bright spark.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Most people take a shine to them almost immediately.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Woman\/Mary Katharine<\/strong> \u2013 Their neighbor, a mother of 4, early 40s.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Man\/Michael<\/strong> \u2013 Her husband, late 40s, a university professor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">About 12 minutes<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Contemporary costumes<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Simple setting: interior\/exterior<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>ORDER # 3377<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PERUSAL MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Off-The-Path-PERUSAL-3377.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18790\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Perusal-Script-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>REHEARSAL-PRODUCTION MATERIALS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Production Script PDF Rental<\/strong><\/em> &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3377<\/strong>a : $15.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"7UHN7KPYXERHW\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>1st Performance Amateur\/Educational Royalty<\/strong><\/em> (or Only Performance Royalty) &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3377<\/strong>d : $15.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"GAY44BHZTDBNW\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>2nd Performance Amateur\/EducationalRoyalty<\/strong><\/em> (each additional performance) &#8212; <b>ORDER #<strong>3377<\/strong>e : $10.00<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"paypal\"><input name=\"cmd\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"_s-xclick\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"XB8P86TXJFBDA\" \/><br \/>\n<input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Professional Royalties<\/strong><\/em> quoted on <a href=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?page_id=6558\"><strong>APPLICATION<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>BILLING CREDITS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>OFF THE PATH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chance Encounters With Strangers<\/p>\n<p>by Coni Koepfinger<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: The names of the Playwright(s), Composer, Lyricist, and Bookwriter shall be equal in size, type, coloring, boldness, and prominence. No billing shall appear in type larger or more prominent than the billing to the Authors except for the title of the play. (In a press release all type, will of course, be the same size.)<\/p>\n<p>ALSO:<\/p>\n<p>THIS NOTICE MUST APPEAR IN ALL PROGRAMS, ON ALL POSTERS AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS AND INTERNET ADVERTISING\/WEBPAGES FOR THE PLAY:<br \/>\n\u201c<i>Off The Path <\/i>is presented through special arrangement with Premi\u00e9re Theatrical Licensing on behalf of Leicester Bay Theatricals.\u00a0 All authorized materials are also supplied by LBT, www.leicesterbaytheatricals.com\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(NOTE: Title Art is for our use only. We are not licensed to allow others to use it.)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>PRODUCTIONS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>PREMIERE PRODUCTION: TBA<\/p>\n<p>READING: The Open Eye Theater and PLAYTIME on WIOX RADIO &#8212; ZOOM READING, 2024<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">from the catalog of <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9915 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cropped-LBT-logo-Large-1x1-5-1-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a more remote New Jersey neighborhood, near an old church, what can happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[711,709,3,710,316],"tags":[110,425,168,109,218,354],"class_list":["post-19431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-university-theatre","category-community-theatre","category-new-releases","category-professional-theatre","category-religious-titles","tag-contemporary","tag-drama","tag-family","tag-relationships","tag-strong-female-cast","tag-ten-minute-plays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Off-The-Path-LOGO.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6fXeh-53p","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19431"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21848,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19431\/revisions\/21848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}