John Cook Writes

Drama

3 F | 2 M

85 Minutes

Kate is a first-year college student with dreams of becoming a screenwriter; however, her parents’ painful divorce when she was fifteen has left deep, emotional scars. When Kate’s neighbour, Jack, a seventy-five-year-old Christian, asks her to help write a speech about his past mental health issues, Kate discovers truths about herself, faith, and hope.

In 2021, Jack’s Speech, was shortlisted for Fire Exit Theatre’s Scripts on Fire New Play Competition. 

No production to date.

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