Dean Phillips ll - Musician, Artist, and Playwright. Dean began writing in 2012 during sophomore year of high school. Attended Texas Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2017, graduating early with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. During this time in college, "Fallen Goldfish" was developed and won the Playmarket contest. With this honor, "Fallen Goldfish" received a staged reading at Texas Wesleyan and then at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre both in May 2017. "Fallen Goldfish" was then fully produced by the Claremont High School Theatre Program in San Diego, California in May 2019.
20 pages
1 m, 1 w, 1 child, 6 - 16 flexible roles
When Thomas hurriedly flushes the deceased family goldfish down the toilet to replace it with a new one while his young son, Lewis, is at school, he receives a knock on his front door. Greeting him is a golden-clad warrior claiming that he and his Viking-like associates knew and fought alongside the deceased Stanley (the goldfish). With his living room now invaded by these unusual warriors demanding to have the funeral in his house, Thomas must make them leave before Lewis and his mother come home. All just because of a dead goldfish. About 35-minute runtime....