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Brothers (Tasca)

Short Play, Drama  /  1w, 3m

"Goes beneath the ordinary to uncover real human perplexities" - New Hope Gazette

A sensitive look at two brothers, one mentally ill, Benjamin; the other, Gene, normal. Benjamin refuses to go to his cousin's wedding because he claims he can't stand seeing his brother, Gene, carrying on an affair with Sosya, a married woman. Throug…

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    Cast Size
    1w, 3m

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Summary
A sensitive look at two brothers, one mentally ill, Benjamin; the other, Gene, normal. Benjamin refuses to go to his cousin's wedding because he claims he can't stand seeing his brother, Gene, carrying on an affair with Sosya, a married woman. Through his mental illness, Benjamin is actually hallucinating that Gene and Sosya are having an affair because Benjamin has strong feelings for Sosya himself. The ironic twist is that secretly Gene and Sosya are seeing each other.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

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"Goes beneath the ordinary to uncover real human perplexities" - New Hope Gazette

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Authors

Jules Tasca

Through I.U.P., Jules Tasca has taught playwrighting at Oxford University in England and he has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in Central Italy. He is the author of over 125 (full-length and one-act) published plays that have been produced in numerous national thea ...

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