do we smell like oranges?

Year:
2019-2021

Do We Smell Like Oranges? is the second one act play written by Diane Jones that explores mental health and family history, based in truth. Due to Covid - 19, the script was explored as a radio play.

In 1997 Diane finds herself on suicide watch in a psychiatric hospital in Buffalo, NY.

While on a 6 day hold, she hallucinates visits from her great-great grandparents, Harriett and John Rothrock.

John himself, died an inmate at an insane asylum in 1934.

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Poster

CAST OF CHARACTERS

A: Female, (36)

B: Female, (41)

C: Male, (30s - 40s)

A as DIANE: (36) married, mother of three, 1997

A as ROBOT DIANE A as TOWNSPERSON: Olean, NY 1888

A as HAZEL: (7) Harriet and John's child, 1896

A as JONATHAN: (8) Diane's child, 1997

A as HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE: Buffalo, NY, 1997

B as HARRIETT Rothrock: (41) married, mother of three, 1905

B as TOWNSPERSON: Olean, NY 1888

B as ASSISTANT DESIGNER: assistant fashion designer from Long Island, 1980

B as HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE: Buffalo, NY 1997 and Fort Steilacoom, WA, 1934

B as ACTOR C as TOWNSPERSON: Olean, NY 1888 C as FARMHAND: Oklahoma land rush, 1893

C as DOCTOR: psychiatrist in a psych ward in Buffalo, NY, 1997

C as JOHN: Diane's great-great-grandfather (various ages)

C as DOCTOR O'ff du Raque: psychiatric fashion designer, NYC, 1980

C as TOM PATCHELL: Harriett's twin brother

C as ACTOR

C as Tim: Diane's husband, 40, 1997

C as BRALEY: Diane's great-grandfather, 19, Depew, NY, 1909

PRODUCTION HISTORY:

2021 Radio Play in Two Parts

Tracy Snyder, Director; Rosa Fernandez as Diane; Lisa Vitrano as Harriett; Todd Benzin as John and Doctors

Matthew Refermant, Dramaturg and Editor

Harry Jones, Audio Mastering

Type: radio play
Writer, Producer

listen ACT 1 here

listen ACT 2 here

the reckoning

Year:
2021

The Reckoning (or what's for dinner, after the last supper?) is the second radio play written by Diane Jones that explores mental health and family history, based in truth, is produced by Leaves Are Falling Fast Productions.

In this radio play, our playwright, Diane, sits down to dinner with ancestors who inspired her characters. Bring your chair to the table as we join our dinner guests, new and recurring, at this afterworld feast, a most unusual Valhalla, indeed.