The Right Now

The Right Now

The Right Now

Script Fee: $150.00 Licensing: $65.00 per performance
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Genre: Sci-Fi Drama with elements of Psychological Suspense

Format: Live In-Person Performance

Keywords: Time loop, coming-of-age, romance, loss, love, memory, psychological thriller

Cast Size: 19+ (6 male, 10 female, 3 any gender); with doubling, 15 (4 male, 9 female, 2 any gender); optional extras

Duration: Approximately 90 minutes

Time Period: Present-day America

Cautions: Mild language, sci-fi violence

Time is standing still—but only for Asher.

Every morning, he wakes up to the same Monday, trapped in an endless loop where no one else remembers the reset. No one but him. He isn’t just trapped in the loop—he created it. Because if time never moves forward, nothing ever has to change. His friendships stay intact. His relationship with Saicha is frozen in place. The world remains safe, predictable, unbreakable. Just the way he wants it.

Until Saicha starts to remember.

As she pieces together the truth, she begins to question the world around her—and Asher’s desperate grip on the life he refuses to let go of. And when a mysterious new teacher arrives at school, claiming to understand what’s happening, the cracks in his perfect world start to show. How long can Asher keep the loop intact? And what happens when time finally catches up?

A gripping blend of sci-fi, psychological drama, and romance, The Right Now is an intimate, character-driven story about growing up, moving on, and the moment you can’t hold onto forever.

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Julia

I had the incredible experience of performing in the first production of The Right Now in high school, and it remains one of my favorite roles to date. Though it's set within a sci-fi framework, the play explores real, relatable challenges of growing up, and it was exciting to work on a story that felt true to my own experiences at that stage in life.The authentic, layered dialogue gave me so much to dig into, and the scene work pushed me further as an actor than anything I’d done before. I genuinely enjoyed showing up to rehearsal every day because of how engaging and creatively fulfilling the work was. Couldn't recommend it more!

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Elizabeth

I saw the first production of The Right Now and was blown away. It balances a completely riveting sci-fi adventure with authentic, moving coming-of-age character arcs. It's a play that allows high school students the somewhat rare opportunity to play complex, detailed characters of their own age - something probably as rewarding for them as it is for an audience. Highly recommend this special play.