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Daddy’s Heart — Uncle Ed's Predictions

from Daddy’s Heart

Written by Nannette Stone

Uncle Ed, a retired railroad engineer, sips milkweed wine and offers eccentric philosophical advice and future predictions to his grandniece, Mae. He touches on the nature of infinity, the character of Johnny Carson, and a series of increasingly bizarre prophecies for the coming decades.

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UNCLE ED: Forget what your geometry teacher says. I tell you there is no such thing as a circle. You know God made everything round. The sun, the moon. The seasons in a year. The rings that form when you drop a pebble in a pond. If a line goes on long enough it just meets itself. Anyone who thinks d

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CharactersUncle Ed
Duration2 min
Age Range55+
GenderMale
GenreComedy-Drama
PeriodContemporary
Formatmonologue
SourceDaddy’s Heart
Tonequirky
AccentAmerican Southern or Midwestern
Suitable Fordrama school audition, general practice, agent showcase
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