Synopsis A self-assertive teenager waits for her turn in a speech contest when she develops a bad case of hiccups. Her brother and the contest facilitator work to find ways to cure her before time runs out and she must go to do her speech. When traditional and not-so traditional cures fail, her brother scares the hiccups out of her by telling her that their mother has been hospitalized.

Production History Run of the Mill Theatre Company Variations on Fear Baltimore, MD Panoply Arts Festival 10-Minute Playwriting Competition Huntsville, AL Studio Theatre of Wellington Festival of Short Plays Staged Reading Wellington, FL San Luis Obispo Little Theatre SLOLT Short Play Festival Finalist San Luis, CA Southwest Theatre & Film Association SWTFA Shorts New Play Festival Hot Springs, AR Texas A&M University-Commerce SWTFA Shorts Commerce, TX Artist’s Showcase of Atlanta Kids/Teens Showcase Atlanta, GA Rapscallion Theatre Collective Salute UR Shorts Manhattan, NY E.M.U. Theatre Ten-Minute Play Festival Lawrence, KS Thespian Productions Spring Slam Showcase New York, NY Newburgh Free Academy Black Box Theatre New Works Festival Newburgh, NY Scituate High School Spring Fest Scituate, MA Seaside Repertory Theatre South Walton HS One Act Play Festival Seaside, FL The Stage TLV Tel Aviv Short Play Festival Tel Aviv, Israel Dandelion Theatre The Make Ready Chicago, IL Annoyance Theatre Naked Angels’ Tuesdays at 9 Chicago, IL

Mary Redington and Gina DiPeppe in Hiccup at Run of the Mill Theater in Baltimore, Maryland. Directed by Dwight R. B. Cook. Photographer: Laura Arnett.

Running Time: 10 minutes Set: waiting room (interior unit) Cast: 1 M, 2 F Published by SLOLT

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