2 Std 3 Min.
Play4Keeps Podcast | Free full play: THE GOOD BET by Bob Clyman Ashland New Plays Festival Podcast
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Bob Clyman | Mark, a respected moral philosopher, is convinced that people are fundamentally good. Ben, who investigates intellectual property theft, is equally convinced that every seeming act of kindness is simply a more indirect route toward self-gratification. They have maintained an unlikely friendship since childhood; however, the effort Mark has always put into helping Ben has been matched by Ben’s resentment toward him for the lack of respect these efforts imply. When Ben decides to stop fighting white collar crimes and achieves immediate success by seducing disgruntled employees into committing them instead, he becomes convinced that unrestrained self-interest is the truth of human nature. He believes he is liberating people from the doomed quest to lead more morally exemplary lives espoused by Mark. When Mark derides this “realization,” Ben proposes a bet to prove it by tempting an unarguably ethical, socially conscious scientist into betraying the people who desperately depend on him. As it soon becomes clear, Ben is really out to prove that he can get Mark himself to do anything–however unconscionable–simply by making the cost of maintaining his humanity too high.
Featuring: John Stadelman, Jackie Apodaca, and Nolan Sanchez, with stage directions by Kaitlin J Henderson.
Learn more at ashlandnewplays.org/play/the-good-bet/
Bob Clyman | Mark, a respected moral philosopher, is convinced that people are fundamentally good. Ben, who investigates intellectual property theft, is equally convinced that every seeming act of kindness is simply a more indirect route toward self-gratification. They have maintained an unlikely friendship since childhood; however, the effort Mark has always put into helping Ben has been matched by Ben’s resentment toward him for the lack of respect these efforts imply. When Ben decides to stop fighting white collar crimes and achieves immediate success by seducing disgruntled employees into committing them instead, he becomes convinced that unrestrained self-interest is the truth of human nature. He believes he is liberating people from the doomed quest to lead more morally exemplary lives espoused by Mark. When Mark derides this “realization,” Ben proposes a bet to prove it by tempting an unarguably ethical, socially conscious scientist into betraying the people who desperately depend on him. As it soon becomes clear, Ben is really out to prove that he can get Mark himself to do anything–however unconscionable–simply by making the cost of maintaining his humanity too high.
Featuring: John Stadelman, Jackie Apodaca, and Nolan Sanchez, with stage directions by Kaitlin J Henderson.
Learn more at ashlandnewplays.org/play/the-good-bet/
2 Std 3 Min.