Genre: Comedy, Stage Play

Length: 15 minutes

Casting
All 30-45 years old.
1 man, Black
1 man, any race but Black
1 woman, any race but Black
1 anything (stage hand, no lines)

Synopsis
A young black professional man, attends a variety concert where the hosts mistake him for a celebrity and demand that he perform.

Excerpt
Corella: Deshaun, did you think we’d let you get away without playing one of your latest songs?
Deshaun: My latest what?
Barry: Listen to the man. My latest what. Yikes.
Deshaun: Really, I can’t.
Barry: (To audience) Seriously, have you ever heard such humility?
Deshaun: It’s not humility. I can’t.

Production needs
Set
Bare stage.

Props
Three stage headsets. A saxophone or any other small, hand-held musical instrument.

Sound
Sounds of audience (1) cheering, (2) booing, (3) laughing.

Production History
Listen to This has had several staged an Zoom readings. I has not been produced.