Document Type
One Act Play
Faculty Advisor
David Davila
Publication Date
Spring 2026
Abstract
Should Tomorrow Mark the Start of Forever? is a play about family, memory, love, and the strange performance of becoming yourself. The work follows characters who are trying to tell the truth, even when truth becomes painful, theatrical, funny, or impossible. At its center, the show explores how children inherit stories from their parents, and how those stories shape faith, identity, desire, and belonging. The piece moves between humor and emotional intensity, using performance itself as a way to reveal what people cannot say directly. Brazilian culture, love, spirituality, and the fear of disappointing the people we love all live inside the world of the play. The show asks what happens when care is real, but still not simple enough to save everyone from hurting each other. Ultimately, it is a personal and theatrical attempt to understand forgiveness and the beginning of a future after everything has finally been said.
Repository Citation
Zoratto Assis, Rodrigo, "Should Tomorrow Mark the Start of Forever?" (2026). LMU Theatre Arts Annual New Works Festival. 11.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/new-works-festival/11
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Comments
This submission is part of the LMU Theatre Arts New Works Festival, an annual production of new plays written by undergraduate playwrights that are chosen by a committee of undergraduate theatre arts students. The plays are also directed, designed, performed, and produced by undergraduate theatre arts students and premiere in the LMU Theatre Arts Mainstage Season.