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TACT coffee talk.
I'm a retired Drexel mathematics professor and have written a couple novels, screenplays and a play script (it's based on one of my novels).
I'd like to offer it for your consideration. The full script is 68 pages (absent the introduction and cast of characters). I'll be happy to send you the play script (in pdf or hardcopy).
The story throws the mad-scientist trope on its head: a mad scientist creates superhumans who are more empathetic and compassionate than most people.
Trailer for the novel that formed the basis of the play:
https://youtu.be/1iKMa5tXrBg
Logline: Infected by a DNA-altering virus, two lovers develop bizarre superpowers and battle ruthless criminal mobs bent on harvesting the virus from their brains.
Synopsis: New prescription drugs in the US cost more than he**in and co***ne, a fact not lost on the Ustinov mob.
Hoping to go “legitimate,” this mob pays the world-famous geneticist, Harry Pembroke, millions to develop an overpriced “antidepressant.”
Derek volunteers for the resulting “drug trial.”
Unfortunately Pembroke has lied to everyone: he is really using Derek to incubate a DNA-altering virus that he hopes will create a master-race — planning to harvest it from his brain.
Pembroke’s mob-financiers lose patience and kill him, unwittingly saving Derek’s life.
The virus spreads to Derek’s friend, Alessandra, and they develop superpowers beyond anything Pembroke imagined.
When the mob discovers the virus’s powers, they want to harvest it from Derek’s brain — waging war with the young couple. They have vast resources, including an army of thugs; on their side, Derek and Allie have telepathy, the ability to see the future, and other powers. Attacked on all sides, they struggle to survive and win.
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