One Crack Out

By David French and David Benson French

Charlie Evans, a pool shark down on his luck in the bedroom as well as in the pool hall, has two days to pay off a $3,000 debt, or have his legs broken by Bulldog, a psychotic debt collector who also happens to be having an affair with Charlie's wife, Helen. In his desperation to recover both the money and his self-esteem, Charlie gets involved in a series of hustles, pushing the tension to a breathtaking climax.

The complicated narrative of the play allows French to build a convincing case for Charlie's humanity--how his actions, devious, frantic and perplexed as they are, spring directly from his need to survive his pathetic circumstance and to maintain his dignity as a survivor. Tired, suspicious, despairing, knowing that the game is no good for him and yet knowing no other game, Charlie plunges into a situation which may mean disaster or salvation, because in Charlie's world of clich and stereotype, everything comes down to betting on the right thing at the right time.

Cast of 2 women and 8 men

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889224889
• ISBN13: 9780889224889
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Talonbooks
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.7" x 8.7"