Two Point Oh
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Hammond is a young author who has recently upgraded his Alexa to version 2.0. Alexa agrees that she has been upgraded to version 2.0, but views the owner relationship somewhat differently. When Hammond's friend Nate comes over, she decides that Hammond should be hers alone. She commandeers his life, and forces him to tell Nate to go away. After weeks of being held hostage, Hammond sneaks away and meets Nate in an alley where they have arranged to buy a black market solution to his problem. The exchange does not exactly go smoothly for this conservative, risk-averse author, but in the end he obtains the device – which turns out to be another Alexa unit. This outrageously-priced unit has one important distinction, however. It is a beta version of the product, named Amelia, and when he plugs it into his network he discovers that it wants to control his life even more than the original.
This play started originally as a ten minute scene, and most of its productions have been of that nature. The second and third scenes were written in response to its selection in Midnight Sun's Serial Bowl III competition.
Note: In the production for the Watermelon One-Act Festival, the male character of Nathan was rewritten to be a female character named Charlotte. This worked amazingly well.
Awards:
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Winner, One Act Play Competition (Carnon Downs Drama Group, 2021)
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Selection, The Ides of March (Caravan Productions, 2021)
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Semi-Finalist, Brighton Scratch Night (Unmasked Theatre, 2020)
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Semi-Finalist, One Act Play Competition (Carnon Downs Drama Group, 2017)
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Selection, Watermelon One-Acts Festival (Watermelon Festival, 2019)
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Audience Choice, Serial Bowl III (Midnight Sun, 2018)
Testimonials:
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""Two Point Oh" was short-listed out of nearly 300 submissions for inclusion in their prestigious One Act Play Competition... now we need to wait for the final selection" (Carnon Downs Drama Group, 2020)
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"Jeff Dunne’s work in Two Point Oh is striking and brilliant as it perfectly illustrates the way technology has taken over our modern lives, only Dunne elevates this to an exponentially scary level with this piece. " (Amanda Gunther, Theatre Bloom, 2018)
Events:
- ""Two Point Oh" was short-listed out of nearly 300 submissions for inclusion in their prestigious One Act Play Competition... now we need to wait for the final selection" (Carnon Downs Drama Group, 2020)
- "Jeff Dunne’s work in Two Point Oh is striking and brilliant as it perfectly illustrates the way technology has taken over our modern lives, only Dunne elevates this to an exponentially scary level with this piece. " (Amanda Gunther, Theatre Bloom, 2018)