A second act to Dear Angie, set twenty years later — with the diner open again.
SYNOPSIS: Dear Angie: Open All Night is a heartfelt two-act, 20-minute, play set in a small diner where food and compassion are served without menus. Angie, a warm-hearted diner owner with an uncanny ability to sense what people truly need, helps her patrons navigate love, loss, and life’s everyday struggles — until a mysterious visitor reveals her gift has a deeper purpose. Twenty years later, the diner exists in a place between life and death, where souls arrive seeking comfort, understanding, and closure. When a former customer returns under unexpected circumstances, Angie helps him confront grief and forgiveness.
20 Minute, 4 Character Play
Dear Angie by Rich & Dorothea Helms
Open All Night by Rich Helms
CHARACTERS:
- Angie Brown, older woman. Wearing ‘Angie’ name tag.
- Donna, in her 20’s.
- In Act 2, unnamed woman, recently died.
- Michael, high school student.
- In Act 2, the voice of Angie’s dead son John. Voice over only, never seen.
- Andy Fogerty, middle-aged man poorly dressed, obviously homeless.
- In Act 2, Andy is 20 years older and dressed nicely for travel.
SETTING:
- Act 1: Diner
- Three tables with 4 chairs, counter.
- Sign – “Angie’s Diner”
- Act 2: Diner
- 20 years later
- Dingy, broken clock
- Sign – “Open All Night”
- Dear Angie: Open All Night adds a second act to Dear Angie, set twenty years later — with the diner open again.
- May 11, 2024 – “Dear Angie” staged reading
- Snapshots Short Play Festival at Theatre on the Ridge, Port Perry, Ontario.
- Won Audience Choice
