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Fly Today, Young Lindy

by Mark Jensen

Charles Lindbergh is struggling over a difficult decision. The twenty-five year old pilot, sitting in his single engine plane on a rainy, muddy runway, tries to decide if he should fly across the Atlantic to Paris. Reliving his childhood at last restores his confidence, and Charles puts on his goggles and starts to taxi the Spirit of St. Louis down the runway. Fly Today, Young Lindy is a fast-moving theatrical adventure about curiosity, courage, and the moment a young person realizes they were meant to fly.

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Quick Details

  • Type: Play
  • Estimated Run Time: 45-60 minutes | Can be cut for competition
  • Availability: Available for productions worldwide
  • Cast Size: 19 roles | Can be expanded or reduced as needed

Full Details

Roles:

  • Lucky Lindy - Charles Lindberg at age 15-17
  • Young Lindy - Charles Lindberg at age 10-12
  • Bill
  • Alex
  • Frank
  • Jessup
  • Winchell
  • Grandpa
  • Sarah
  • Dorothy
  • Felicity
  • Rosita
  • Eva
  • Dingo the Dog
  • Tam o' the Scoots
  • Red Baron
  • Rickenbaker
  • Escadrille
  • Conductor

The following resources are included in each performance license:
  • Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:
  • Logo/Media package

Mark Jensen

Mark Jensen is an award-winning playwright, lyricist, and author. His plays and musicals include Runestone! A Rock Musical (History Theatre) Young Lindy, History Detectives: Landmark Center, Tom Sawyer (Steppingstone Theatre for Youth Development), Atomic Summer (Theatre in the Square), The Benevolent Women’s Craft Society (Rochester Repertory Theatre), Weldings (Prairie Wind Players), and Hoffman: Journey Through Time (Lake Region Arts Council).  Mark co-wrote a drama for Deaf and hearing youth, The Finger Dance: A Deaf Girl’s Journey Through Music. The National Theatre for the Deaf recognized this piece as an “Outstanding Play for Young People”. He is an Affiliated Artist and a Core Alumnus of the Playwrights Center of Minneapolis. He received his BA in Theatre Arts/English Writing from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) and his MFA in playwriting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Originally commissioned and produced as a musical by Steppingstone Theatre for Youth in 2003