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17 Minutes

by Scott Organ DRAMA

3 WOMEN, 3 MEN

Seventeen minutes is the length of time Sheriff’s Deputy Andy Rubens stood outside of a school while an active shooter was inside. The play explores the communal and residual effects of a mass shooting through Andy, a man who struggles with his own complicity in the tragedy, and who seeks meaning in the wake of the shooting.

Scott Organ is a New York City based playwright and screenwriter. His plays have been performed throughout the US, Europe and South America. He’s been commissioned by the Atlantic Theatre Company and developed by theatres including New Group, Page 73, South Coast Rep, and Gulfshore Playhouse. Scott’s play, 17 MINUTES, premiered Off-Broadway at The Barrow Group, and PHOENIX premiered at the Humana Festival of New American Plays and was subsequently produced at Cherry Lane Theatre. His work has been translated into Portuguese, Spanish and French. Scott adapted his play THE THING WITH FEATHERS into the feature film Roost, directed by Amy Redford.