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The Value of Empty Boxes



Veronica, an undiscovered artist who works as an office manager in New York City, attends a party with her best friend Barbara, a middle-aged administrative assistant, for what turns out to be an unsuccessful blind date. However, at the party she meets Bernie, a wealthy roamer and real estate investor. Despite his slightly reclusive existence, she falls for his eccentric charm. Soon, at the chagrin of Barbara, Veronica leaves her job to move in Bernie in his new loft in San Francisco within months of their first date. Barbara is still trying to find what makes her happy in life when she feels time is running out for her. Little does Veronica know about Bernie’s shaky relationship history and propensity for moving once boredom sets in or his relationships become problematic. Once they’ve been living together for a while, Veronica’s art career takes off just as Bernie wants to move again back to New York. She is then forced to decide whether or not to move back to New York with Bernie to continue his nomadic existence with him and possibly sacrificing her budding career as well as her independence. She decides on the former, with some regret, and separates from Bernie. It’s time for Veronica’s first art opening. Barbara attends where she announces to Veronica that she been cast in a regional musical, directed by Veronica’s blind date from the party where she met Bernie, who Barbara has been seeing. Bernie himself makes an unexpected appearance at this important event to Veronica. They realize how much they care about each other and that many sacrifices will have to be made in order for them to stay together.


Cast Size: 5 roles.


Running Time: 90 minutes.


Royalty Rate: $50.00 per performance.


Appropriate for mature audiences only. 


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Aaron Leventman has been involved in theatre since he was 8-years-old where he was a member of the Freelance Players in Boston. He attended Columbia University's Graduate School for film where his thesis screenplay was given a professional reading at the Union Square Theatre in Manhattan. He moved to Santa Fe from Provincetown after his involvement as a writer/director/actor with their theatre company where he appeared in productions of The Wizard of Oz and Cabaret. Since living in Santa Fe, he's performed in Ophelia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest, and True West as well as almost a dozen productions of original plays. He's also appeared in industrials, short films, and features including My One and Only with Renee Zellweger. Aaron is a published and award winning playwright whose works have been performed in Provincetown, Minneapolis, Alaska, Santa Cruz, New York City, San Diego, and Santa Fe.



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