4. All the Things You Could Have Been if Not for Me

Part 4. A play about people who are tied together for better and worse, by family, love, hate and fate.

CHARACTERS

DAVID OLDMAN. Mid-fifties, libertarian broadcaster.

JANET SMAIL. Early-fifties, David’s long-time producer.

SOPHIE WILLIS. Thirties, barrister, David’s daughter.

MIKE VAN KLEE. Thirties, well-known actor, Sophie’s partner.

TIA MERCER. Thirties, struggling content creator, Sophie’s best friend.

TAMA THOREAU. Thirties, author, isolationist.

It’s set in the present.

LAST TIME

Mike asks Sophie to marry him. She says no, and that throws his life plans into a spin.

Tia hasn’t been able to cash in on the iconic photo she took of isolationist writer Tama Thoreau. She tries to monetize her relationship with old friends Sophie and Mike - and that doesn’t work either.

Tama finds a body in the bush. It’s a woman who’s head has been blown off with a shotgun (kind of like his….)

Catch up from the start here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Or read on.

INT. POLICE INTERVIEW ROOM.

TAMA sits in a chair, facing a camera that projects its live feed.

TAMA      If I killed her, why would I ring it in? Why wo…