A NEW SHORT PLAY
by loren marsters
16 HOURS:
September 5, 1972
SYNOPSIS
It’s the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany. It will be the first time the word “terrorist” will be spoken on network television news.
On top of that it, it will be the first time in network television history, when sports producer, Roone Arledge, despite the objections and demands of ABC network executives, will make a sports announcer the face and voice of television network news.
REVIEWS
“The dialog is crisp and tense. The suspense gets you, without ever seeing any actual bloodshed. Added to the fact that everything in the story is ripped from the pages of history makes it even more powerful. It gave me chills.”
Daniel Guyton
Award-Winning Screenwriter (Best Screenplay UTOPIA, Canadian Cinematography Awards, 2021)
Playwright/Writing Development Coordinator,
Merely Writers Presents, Atlanta, Georgia
“Theatre isn’t supposed to be documentary, but this play has all the elements of live theatre as the hours tick by during the Israeli athletes hostage crisis in Munich. Well written. Brings the audience as close to being there as you can get. For those of us who remember, it is a sharp recollection. For those that are too young to remember, it’s an important piece of history that should not be forgotten.”
Phillip Middleton
Playwright