Synopsis
Song Of Extinction
$10.99 Published by Samuel French Inc
5 Male 1 Female
2008 Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an Outstanding New Play Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
2008 Production of the Year - The LA Weekly Awards Los Angeles, CA
Max, a musically gifted high school student, is falling off the edge of the world - and his biology teacher is the only one who's noticed
This is a play about the science of life and loss, the relationships between fathers and sons, Cambodian fields, Bolivian rainforests and redemption
Max Forrestal is going to fail Biology if he doesn't complete a 20-page paper on extinction by 2pm on Tuesday - but his mother, Lily, is dying of cancer, and school is the last thing on his mind
His father, Ellery, a biologist obsessed with saving a rare Bolivian insect, is incapable of dealing with his wife's impending death, or his son's distress
Max's biology teacher, Khim Phan, tries to figure out why Max is failing the class
Helping Max, however, pushes Khim into a magical journey of his own - from the Cambodian fields of his youth into the undiscovered country beyond