Lee Wochner: Writer. Director. Writing instructor. Thinker about things.


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Parked

“The Car Plays” closed yesterday at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, and with it my play Dead Battery. This was my first production in San Diego and, it occurred to me just now, this was the greatest number of performances of any of my plays. Oh, sure, I’ve had plays run for months, and this one ran only three weekends — but this play was performed 15 times a night, for a total of 180 performances. After that many performances, 15 a night for three weeks, and given the subject matter — a distraught woman cleaning out the car of her dead son — and the intensity of her performance, complete with crying and shaking and raging with anger, I can only assume that my actress is now checked into the Betty Ford Center.

2 Responses to “Parked”

  1. Joe Says:

    All that money for the Betty Ford, and all she really needs is to go see a movie with me.

  2. Steph Walker Says:

    I had the privilege of seeing Dead Battery and loved it! Sarah was wonderful and I loved the script. I saw it with my brother and we both laughed inappropriately at the honey badger tee. Your play was a highlight for sure!

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