“You drown long enough, maybe you grow… gills, a fish tail. Learn to swim.”
When Sasha “falls” off a boat, she encounters the feral mermaid Nara, who can’t decide whether to eat the sad intruder or let her drown.
Average Run Time: 10 minutes
Casting Breakdown:
Sasha, a woman in her 30s
Nara, a feral mermaid. Ageless.
Genre: Magical Realism, drama, Dark humor
Set Requirements: imagination.
Production History:
Unproduced.
Under the Sea is available to read by request (use form below) or at the New Play Exchange.