Curated political drama duologues for actors at every level.
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Zero Day
by Noah Oppenheim, Eric Newman
Alexandra confronts her father, a former high-ranking official, about his potential involvement in a controversial government commission following a national crisis. She warns him that he is being used as a figurehead to weaponize the tragedy, while he struggles to balance his sense of duty with her cynical but grounded perspective on modern power dynamics.
Paradise City
by Dan Fogelman
President Cal Bradford interviews Agent Xavier Collins for a position as his lead Secret Service agent. The scene explores the President's unconventional, blunt personality and his specific motivations for choosing Xavier, leading to a high-stakes exchange about race, politics, and personal character.
Squaring the Circle
by Tom Stoppard
A high-stakes political confrontation between Deputy Prime Minister Rakowski and union leader Lech Walesa during the Polish crisis. Rakowski uses the threat of Soviet intervention to pressure Walesa into calling off a general strike, while Walesa demands accountability for police brutality against citizens.
A Witness uses bread rolls on a cafe table to provide a cynical and rapid-fire history of Poland's shifting borders and partitions. The Narrator observes and occasionally interjects as the Witness illustrates how the country was repeatedly dismantled and reclaimed by neighboring powers leading up to 1945.
