Jahzara’s Triangle—A Play by John Bandler

Jahzara’s Triangle

A PLAY

by John Bandler

Plot Summary

A young Turkish scientist is suspected of blowing up his professor’s laboratory. The event seems linked with a missing Chinese student, a Guantanamo detainee, and Barack Obama. In unraveling the mystery, reporter Jahzara Jones finds her sanity, her career, and her life on the line.

(Comedy thriller, two acts, 112 pages)

Characters

JAHZARA JONES, female, early thirties, African American, a reporter

MURAT TAHSIN, male, late twenties, Turkish Cypriot, a scientist

LESTER KALOTAKIS, male, mid-fifties, Greek American, a professor of English

DARIAN MARCHANT, male, early forties, European American, professor, inventor, entrepreneur

CANDY QUILL, female, early twenties, European American, a waitress

Time

The near future

Setting

A college campus

Places