A son tries to make contact with his dad, who’s deteriorating in the throes of dementia. He makes new connections and discoveries, and as he says goodbye to his father, he is granted a long-awaited wish.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains strong language and drug use.

CAST

David Deblinger
Neil Tyrone Pritchard
Maggie Burke
Tomoko Miyagi
Louis Kornfeld
David Aaron Baker

ADAM/FATHER
ELIJAH
MOTHER
KYOKO
OBSTETRICIAN
PALLIATIVE PHYSICIAN

Written by David Deblinger
Produced by Jonathan Mitchell
Our associate producer is Cara Ehlenfeldt
Our associate editor is Davy Gardner

Original music by Fred Johnson

This episode is based on a stage production
originally directed and developed by Ben Snyder
at Labyrinth Theater Company

This episode is part of a network-wide project to welcome Over the Road,
Radiotopia’s newest show, into the family.

David Deblinger (WRITER, ADAM/FATHER) is a co-founder of Labyrinth Theater Company. His early solo show, Shmoo, won a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award and was produced for Labyrinth by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. He has appeared as an actor in new plays at Manhattan Theater Club, The New Victory, 59East59, Vineyard Theatre, The Public Theater, Theater for a New Audience, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Old Globe, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he won the Acclaim Award for best lead performance in a play. “Lucky Penny” is David’s latest critically acclaimed performance piece with world-class jazz vocalist Fred Johnson. Since its off-Broadway run in 2017, it continues with performances around the country. He is thrilled to adapt it for an episode of The Truth.