Synopsis A man taunts the audience with a hundred-dollar bill, claiming that he will give it to the first audience member who comes up on stage and hugs him. The man invites his spectators to ponder what would drive a human being to give away a hundred bucks for a simple hug. At first, he enjoys this game that he has created, but as time rolls on and no one comes up to claim his prize, the man turns bitter and his possible reasons for needing a hug become more and more alarming. Finally, someone from the audience (a plant) comes up on stage and hugs the lonely man, providing him with the human interaction that he has been desperately craving. He hands the audience plant the money and solemnly exits without looking back.

Production History Run of the Mill Theatre Company Reading Baltimore, MD Primary Stages at the Shubin Theatre Staged Reading Philadelphia, PA Hostile Takeover Theatre Communication Breakdown Pittsburg, PA SceneShop Lost and Found Forth Worth, TX Theatre Onset Thimble Theatre Bega, New South Wales, Australia Fancy Pants Theatre Second Annual Gay-La! Kalamazoo, MI Palm Harbor University High School Performance Palm Harbor, FL Sanata Dharma University ELESP Performance Yogyakarta, Indonesia Denver School of the Arts Performance Denver, CO Fancy Pants Theater Best of Gayla Kalamazoo, MI St. Peter the Apostle High School Drama 20/30 Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada Owl Tree Theater for the People SOLO Cary, NC Moss Vale High HSC Drama Performance Moss Vale, NSW, Australia East High School IHSSA Individual Districts Des Moines, IA Iowa High School Speech Association IHSSA State Finals Competition Cedar Rapids, IA Millard High School Region and State Drama Competition Fillmore, UT Lyric Repertory Company Apprentice Showcase Logan, UT Light Opera Works Summer Teen Production Wilmette, IL Kirrawee High School HSC Performance Sydney, NSW, Australia Gosford High School Acting Class Performance Central Coast, NSW, Australia Walnut Grove High School Performance Loganville, GA Rogers Heritage High School War Eagle Forensics Competition Rogers, AR Central Memorial High School Showcase Calgary, Alberta, Canada Dramatic Arts Exam Performance Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa IT Sligo Monologue Show Sligo Town, Ireland Lenaea High School Drama Festival Santa Rosa High School Art Quest Folsom, CA Monterey High School Professional Actor's Training Show Monterey, CA Augusta Preparatory Day School GISA Region Literary Competition Augusta, GA University of San Francisco Acting for Non-Majors Final Project San Francisco, CA Neville High School Louisiana Speech Competition Monroe, LA International Thespian Festival Production Lincoln, NE Off the Leash Theatre with Teeth Short and Curlies Warragul, Australia Southwestern Oklahoma State College Sayre Fall Literary Festival Weatherford, OK Northern Regional College Performance Newtownabbey, Belfast, Ireland Minnesota State HS League Speech Competition Marshall, MN The British School Drama Examinations Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Haque Center of Acting and Creativity Final Showcase Singapore Naked Angels Chicago Tuesdays at 9 Chicago, IL Spearfish High School Hole-in-the-Wall Tournament Spearfish, SD National School of Arts Production Johannesburg, South Africa

Ginong P in The Hundred Dollar Hug at Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Running Time: 5 minutes Set: bare stage (interior unit) Cast: 1 M Published by JAC Publishing

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