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Cover of "The Last Holdout" by Judd Lear Silverman, a senior theatre resource book.

The Last Holdout

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He just wanted a donut… so why does it feel like the whole system is against him? A battle of wills between policy and personal choice, played out one stubborn conversation at a time.

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Judd Lear Silverman
1 man, 1 woman
10 minutes

About the play:  A light touch on aging and independence, based loosely on a real life story.

An exhausted rebel refuses to come inside a senior center, staging a one-man protest over the sudden disappearance of donuts. What sounds like a pastry problem quickly turns into a full-blown standoff about rules, control, and who’s really in charge. An administrator tries logic, empathy, and the promise of fajitas, but he’s not budging. Their back-and-forth is fast, funny, and just a little bit ridiculous in the best way. By the end, the question isn’t about sugar—it’s about whether anyone ever really outgrows the need to push back.

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About the playwright: Judd Lear Silverman is a Brooklyn-based playwright/director/teacher whose work has been seen across the country. He has been published widely and has won several awards for his plays. A member of the Dramatists Guild, he currently teaches Playwriting and English at Pace University in New York City.

Also see our other plays by Judd Lear Silverman: Never Wear a Dead Man’s Shoes and Truth in Advertising.

Additional information

playwright

Judd Lear Silverman
genre

Issue-Oriented
run time

10 Minutes
men

1
women

1
royalty

$15 per performance
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Perusal Script – Digital, Perusal Script – Hard Copy, Production Script – License to Copy, Production Script – Hard Copy, Classroom Script – License to Copy, Royalty per Performance, Streaming License
cast-size

2
theme

Bureaucracy, Food, In a Meeting, Social Issues

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