31 Plays in 31 Days, #6 - “Alien Parasite”

Another sitcommy bit for Dream Machine. Not sure where this would be used, but I know I want an element to be Ryan repairing his relationship with his adult kids. I thought it would be particularly interesting if his daughter Meryl, from whom he was completely estranged and who lives a totally anti-Hollywood life, also gets at his issues about getting older by being married and starting a family young. It also gives a chance for that very classic sitcom scenario of “trapped in an elevator with a pregnant lady”— and who better to force into that situation than Leah, who is incapable of being normal about anything?

In writing this, I wondered if maybe I could write an entire Alien parody, with Leah in the Ripley role, and, because I’m perverse, Meryl as the alien queen. SOMETHING TO NOODLE ON.



( Day #6 - Alien Parasite )