((PKG))  DRIVE-THRU COMMUNITY THEATER  
((TRT:  04:07))  
((Banner:  Drive-Thru Theater)) 
((Reporter/Camera:  Philip Alexiou))
((Map:  Mclean, Virginia))   
((Main characters:  2 females;  1 male))  
((Sub characters:  4 female;  8 male)) 
((NATS:  Actor 
I can already see that you don’t like it.  Look, I would just start over.  How about that?  Okay.  Hi, my name is Taylor as you know, and this is the tear drop from the orange sky.  No momma, it isn’t like that at all.)) 
((NATS:  Actor 
Dude, I’ve got to tell you what happened at old man Fletcher’s class the other day.  I mean this, this is insane.)) 
((Sarah Schallern Treff, Co-Producer, Youth Theater Programs))  
So Drive Thru Drama, it’s kind of like a Disney ride without the scary animatronics.  It’s driving and stopping at each actor.  It’s a live actor. 
((NATS:  Actor
Asleep already.))  
((Sarah Schallern Treff, Co-Producer, Youth Theater Programs))  
They perform a monologue where there are 10 stations and it all comes together to make one story. 
((Danielle Van Hook, Director, Youth Theater Programs))
I came across something I had learned about in theater history called medieval pageant wagons which was common at the time where actors would be on a wagon and they would do their scene and then it would move to the next town or to the next group of audience members.  So, I sort of took that idea and flipped it, where the actor stays in one place and then the audience drives around and hears the rest of the story. 
((NATS:  Scott Graham
I was a banker.))  
((Scott Graham, Actor)) 
I’ve never done anything like this.  I don’t know that there’s ever been anything like this to do before.  So, it’s kind of like some of the things but still it’s not.  It’s entirely different.   
((NATS:  Scott Graham
Part of my job was I would sort through the money and decide if money couldn’t be used anymore.)) 
((NATS:  Actor
It’s in the game.  Okay?  All Right.  You know, I have a help cushion but it’s not enough.  Okay, listen.  I think we ought to cut our losses, like try to outlast until maybe second place and then.....))
((NATS))
((Jeff, Annapolis Resident)) 
We’ve never done anything like this before but I’m really looking forward to it.  We both love theater and any chance to go and see live theater, I was excited about because there hasn’t been much this year. 
((Andrew Scott Zimmer, Writer/Director, Drive Thru Drama)) 
Well, I thought when Danielle came to me and said, “I want to do a show,” my mind went to monologues.  My mind went to plays that are traditionally told by one person at a time, a one-person show but spread out over 10 people.  And I thought I guess that’s possible to do 10 disparate stories that are all linked around one thing, which in this case is a dollar bill with some writing on it. 
((NATS:  Actor
Make a small change and those sound like pretty big changes to me, pal.))  
((NATS:  Staff
Yes, I am going to cue you.  So, this car needs to get over to the second actor.  They’ll be there for just a few moments.  I’m trying to pace it so there’s no accordion happening on the back side.  I’ll let you wait it from there.))  
((NATS:  Audience Member
This is, I don’t know, it looks really fun.  You know, and we do like to go to things like this.  But you know.))  
((NATS:  Staff
She had a, battery is dead in her car.))
((NATS:  Audience Member
I ran the air conditioning during the last half hour without the car on.))  
((NATS:  Staff
When they’re done, they’re going to give you a little bit of a bow.  There’s a chance for you to give a little clap and you may move on from there to the next.))  
((NATS:  Actor Singing
What are the worlds that are waiting for you when the untraveled path starts to call....))  
((Scott Graham, Actor)) 
See, this dollar.  You always, always have worth even if somebody says you don’t.  Sweet dreams. 
((NATS:  Actor Singing 
Me and green Georgie, we’re waiting for you.))  
((NATS:  Actor 
Thank you.  I’m going to take my break now, but albums are 10 dollars.  Nine if you pay in singles.))
((NATS))