Jump

“You Can’t Fly If You Don’t Jump.”

It’s a night on the town for flapper Evie and her fella Tom. Except Tom died in the Great War and Evie has been drinking dangerous hooch for the last five years so she can spend time with his ghost. But Tom knows it is time for live wire Evie to jump back into life.

Average Run Time: 10 minutes
Casting Breakdown: 1M 1F (20s-30s)
Genre: Drama, Magical Realism
Set Requirements: bench

Production History:
2024, Short +Sweet Hollywood, California (Semifinalist)
2021, Roaring 20’s (24-Hour Play Festival), Theatre Unleashed, Hollywood, California

Jump is available to read by request (use contact form below) or at the New Play Exchange.

Ina Loaiza & Jared Boyd Miller, Short + Sweet Hollywood 2024. Photo: @labrujacreative / Veronica Rosas.

“You were fearless, and I didn’t want to be anything less in your eyes.”

The original image prompt for "Jump."

Flyer for Jump, Short +Sweet Hollywood, 2024.