7 Stories

7 Stories
Written by Morris Panych
Characters Man, Charlotte, Rodney, Jennifer, Leonard, Marshall, Rachel, Percy, Michael, Joan, Al, Lillian, Nurse Wilson, The four window people
Date premiered 1989
Place premiered Vancouver
Original language English
Subject A man contemplates suicide on a seventh-story building ledge.
Genre Comedy
Setting an apartment window ledge

7 Stories is a play created by Canadian playwright Morris Panych.[1][2]

Plot

The protagonist (a well dressed man) is standing on the ledge on the seventh story of a tall building, contemplating leaping to his death. He is interrupted by the colorful residents of the seventh story who are too caught up in their own lives to notice the man or question his being on the ledge of the building. The persons who interact with the man do so by opening or appearing at one or more of seven windows on the seventh storey. For the majority of the play, the people talking with the protagonist have most of the dialogue. The man hasn't much dialogue until near the end, when he explains that his daily routine was thrown off when he woke up and lost track of what day it was.

Production

The play has a set that is quite confined for actors to work with. Actors must try and work with a set in which they must play their parts in a window.

Characters

References

  1. "Russ Hunt's Reviews". Russell A. Hunt. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. Zilberman, Michal (2001-10-29). "Getting high on Seven Stories". The McGill Tribune. Retrieved 18 March 2010.