The Zero Hour

By Madeleine George

"Rebecca and her chronically unemployed butch girlfriend, O, have created a happy nest in their run-down walk-up in Queens, but things are starting to unravel. The more O pushes Rebecca to stop hiding their relationship, the more Rebecca's work life--writing a textbook for seventh graders about the Holocaust--begins to bleed into her personal life: She starts meeting World War II Nazis on the 7 train, passing as hipster professionals in New York City but hungry to come out about who they really are. Back home in Queens, O is also sparring with convincingly real visions: her long estranged--and recently dead?--mother keeps showing up to argue with her about her choices. This almost-love story explores the relationship between honesty and cruelty: How do you tell the truth about yourself when that truth might devastate the people you love? A tour-de-force for two actors playing eight different roles"--Page 4 of cover

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0573699208
• ISBN13: 9780573699207
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Concord Theatricals
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"