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Call When You Can

Written by Nathan Zirk

Call When You Can is a ten-minute play that follows a college student’s relationship with home across four years, from daily freshman phone calls to senior-year silence. Staged through parallel moments at a kitchen table and a dorm room desk, the play reveals how distance grows not through conflict, but through busyness, independence, and the quiet assumption that there will always be more time. As missed calls turn into unheard voicemails, the story builds to a devastating final message that forces the audience to confront what can be lost in the space between “I’ll call later” and too late.

Meet the playwright!

Nathan Zirk

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Meet the director!

Gianna Gleason

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Meet the cast!

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Logan

Logan is deeply excited to have her work included in this staged reading. This is nowhere near her first time writing a ten minute play, but this is an exciting debut of her writing for an audience! She’s currently studying costume design with a creative writing minor and hopes to do work with
scripts and screenplays in the future. She’s delighted to have been a part of this collaborative process and wants to thank the Drama Club for putting together this opportunity! Enjoy the show

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Mom

Grace Nekola

Dad

Aiden Johnson

Roommate

Trinity Alicia

Trinity is so excited to be involved in the minute play showcase! She is thrilled to be working with student writers and directors to help make their visions come to life! Trinity is the Vice President of the Drama Club and is a Musical Theatre Major with a Minor in Costume Design. She hopes you enjoy these unique perspectives on the college experience that are written by our very own UWL students.

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Time

Echo Guest

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