Boats Against the Current
Author
Anna Klein, facilitated by James Cooper
Characters
For 9 players - 4f, 4m, 1e
- Alma Davis, a popular movie star
- Dame Edith Errington-Brydges, an aging English dame
- Nellie Parker, new socialite from the south
- Vera King, a darling socialite, married to William
- F. Everett, a writer recently arrived from the Midwest
- Lawrence "Lucky Larry" Myers, a powerful gangster
- Colonel Robert James Watson, patriot and war hero
- Theodore "Teddy" Price, a popular younger politician
- William Lloyd King, a wealthy pillar of society, married to Vera
Costume
Loosely 1920s costuming is desired. Fellas, a button up shirt, some $2 shop suspenders and a fedora can take you a long way. Ladies, long pearls, long gloves, a pretty dress and a cigarette holder will see you sorted. You can dress up more if you like.
Background
New York, in the throes of the roaring twenties. An age of defiance, rebellion, blazing forth into a bright future in a whirl of liquor and dancing. Recently, an eccentric but much talked about millionaire socialite has died under very questionable circumstances. Speculation abounds in the streets, and splashed across the papers - who was this man, really? Where did he come from? Who killed him? And why?
This afternoon is his funeral, and you are not at it. In the shimmering heat of summer you and other glittering people, none of whom were the sort to have anything to do with the likes of him, while away the afternoon slowly with alcohol, music and something akin to gnawing guilt.
A mature theatreform larp for nine people, inspired by "The Great Gatsby"
