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91366 By Lori M. Myers 15 minutes 1 Male, 2 Females, Max/Min cast 3 Competitions, Holocaust Theme, Mother-Daughter, Simple Set A one-act, 3-character drama. An elderly Holocaust survivor encounters a rebellious teenager in a tattoo parlor. Melanie is determined to get a butterfly tattoo against her mother's wishes. Sarah is removing her own concentration camp tattoo-91366. Great for competition one-acts, an evening of short plays, or to introduce Holocaust Literature, parent-teen relationships or survival. Sarah is curious as to why anyone would want to remove a tattoo. She is planning to get one to assert her independence from her mother. The backstory-Sarah has been conducting an adolescent feud with her mother, who obviously knows nothing about being a teenager. In defiance of her mother's wishes, she seeks out a tattoo parlour and has decided on a butterfly tattoo. While there, she encounters a woman old enough to be her grandmother. Surprised at finding someone of an older generation at such a place, Sarah pours her heart out to this stranger, only to find out that the woman is there to have an old tattoo removed. Who would do such a thing? Why would anyone remove such a coveted prize? Does what she discovers make her change her mind about her own life and her relationship with her mother?

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"Lori M. Myers is an award-winning writer of creative nonfiction, fiction, essays, and plays. Her plays and children's musicals have been produced in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and other states throughout the Midwest; several have been published by Pioneer Drama and Blue Moon Plays. Lori has also acted and directed professionally and brings that knowledge of the stage to her written work. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Broadway World Award nominee, the recipient of the West Virginia Tourism Award for Best Print Article, and one of her articles is included in the archives at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. Her short play ""Sight Unseen"" was a semi-finalist at the Minnesota Short Play Festival. Bronx-born and New Jersey-raised, Lori grew up around funny people and incorporates that humor in her scripts. She wants audiences to enjoy her plays' stories and characters, and for the actors to have fun performing them."

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