Knock Knock

by Jason Pizzarello, Kathryn Funkhouser

When you deliver packages, anyone might be behind your next door, from your elementary school teacher to a burglar on the job. Jaded veteran Logan thinks she's seen it all, while newbie Sam is convinced attitude is everything. The only sure thing in this job? They're both going to be surprised. Knock Knock is a rapid-fire comedy that delivers.
This is a play for 4-23 actors.

Genres: Plays

46 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2022

About the author

Jason Pizzarello ​is a playwright and Co-founder of Stage Partners with director/writer Morgan Gould. His plays have produced/developed with Veterans Repertory Theater, Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, Blue Rider/Classic Stage Company, 3-Legged Dog, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, Irondale Ensemble, HERE Arts Center, Clubbed Thumb, and Source Festival (DC), and many others. Over forty of his plays for young actors are published and have been produced in all 50 states and over 20 countries. When he’s not writing, he proudly serves as a logistics officer with the New York Army National Guard but reports directly to his two young daughters in Connecticut.

Reviews

[emelie!! · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stage Manager for this one act :)

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic Plot: 2 delivery people go through the wacky things that happen in a day on the job.

In this day and age, anything and everything can be delivered, and delivery mishaps/oddness are kind of inevitable. I think everyone has a story about that at this point. This short play pulls together a bunch of that wackiness and turns it into a series of short scenes, loosely connected by the delivery people. I like its slapstick tone, and that it stays clean so I can use it with my high school students. There's a lot of potential for actors to play with here, and the tech is relatively simple. Lots of fun.