Capote's Last Frontier by Lee Kiszonas: Workshop/Reading April 25, 2009

Fact: Truman Capote earned fame and fortune with the publication of the true story of Hickock and Perry's midnight murder spree that became 'In Cold Blood.' Rumor: Truman promised Hickock a large sum of money for the story. That money was never paid. What if: Robert, Hickock's son, tracks Capote down and demands the money? It's 1984, Capote is broke and washed up. He doesn't have the money...or so he says. Robert has brought along a shotgun, rope and duct tape and will make Capote relive the nightmare he wrote about so effectively unless Truman can out wit him or come up with $10,000.