Synopsis
Skyscraper
Published by Dramatists Play Service
3 Male 3 Female
She and her lawyer, Jane, are suing the demolisher, Raymond. Raymond has his own troubles: He has just been forced to fire his dreamy and unreliable brother, Joseph
Meanwhile, Louis, a 110-year-old man whose life is bound up with the building, tries to rescue Vivian, a distraught young woman determined to leap from the roof
Jessica inadvertently saves Raymond's life; Jane seduces Joseph; Louis struggles with Vivian and his failing memory; and all of their lives are changed as they uncover the threads that connect them to Chicago, this building, and each other
On a rainy night in Chicago, six strangers collide on the rooftop of an historic building targeted for demolition in this dark comedy about architecture, happenstance, memory and love