Elevator is a stage play written by Patrick James Carson. The play is a one-act drama set entirely within an elevator car in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. It follows a small group of strangers who become trapped together after the impact of American Airlines Flight 11, forcing them to confront their personal conflicts and shared mortality in a confined, increasingly desperate space. The play premiered in 2006 at the New York International Fringe Festival, where it received critical attention for its intimate, character-driven approach to the events of 9/11. Carson's script focuses on the psychological and emotional dynamics among the characters rather than the external catastrophe, using the elevator as a metaphor for isolation and collective trauma.