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Pianos

Short Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Willy and Myrtle Casey, both 98, can't find their eleven year old grand-nephew Jimmy, and Myrtle is afraid that he's become hopelessly lost in the enormous stack of old pianos that Willy has been collecting in his barn for the last sixty or seventy years.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
Willy and Myrtle Casey, both 98, can't find their eleven year old grand-nephew Jimmy, and Myrtle is afraid that he's become hopelessly lost in the enormous stack of old pianos that Willy has been collecting in his barn for the last sixty or seventy years. The pianos are stacked up wildly everywhere, and Jimmy likes to climb on them like a monkey and play the ones at the top. Myrtle is especially annoyed about the pianos because the barn is so full that the cows keep coming into the house, and Willy can't even play the piano. But Willy believes that God has told him to collect all these old pianos, and is about to reveal to him somehow, through them, the secret of life.

Published in Darkpool & Other Plays.

Cast Attributes
  • Time Period 1910s / WWI
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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