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The Dream Crust

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 3m, 1boy(s)

Roger Karshner

"Creates a world that's identifiable and that breathes." - L.A. Herald Examiner
A man's persistent, agonizing search for personal freedom and the sense of loss between father and son, set against a backdrop of the land-locked Midwest.

The Dream Crust

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m, 1boy(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Period
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Frank Haynes, an earth loving farmer, has given up his hound-dogging and high times under the pressure of the family's admonition that "A man has got to get ahead." Haynes would be happy to do nothing but tend his farm and reap whatever profit it might generate. But he realizes that there are five mouths depending on him and the lure of big money available to him in a nearby big city factory too great to ignore. Set against a backdrop of the land-locked Midwest, the play dramatizes a man's persistent, agonizing search for personal freedom and the sense of loss between father and son.
History
The Dream Crust premiered at the Met Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on Devember 14, 1974. It was directed by Alan Vint.
Performing Groups
FRANK HAYNES -40, tall, muscular, dark; basic and uneducated, but intuitively intelligent.
BOBBY PORTER HAYNES - Frank's son; a child, age 10; blond, slight, and sensitive
HELEN - Frank's wife, age 40; tall, dark, attractive; sensitive, nervous, self-centered
DUDE HENDERSON - a friend, age 40; short, not good-looking, but much character; coarse, earthy, honest
PEARL - mother-in-law, age 60; tall, stately; very pious, matriarchal, and cool
MERTEEN - sister-in-law, age 45; pious, whiny, and nirritating; a nosy gossip
GALEN - brother-in-law, age 45; weak, a loser; bitter, disgruntled, and hen-pecked

Rural types. Stong mid-western characters.

  • Time Period 1930s
  • Setting Rural America. Circa 1930s.
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"The play's spirit, its underlying warmth, particularly in the unspoken father son relationship, creates a world that's identifiable and that breathes." - L.A. Herald Examiner

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance
  • Optional Music/Media Fee: $15 per performance

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Roger Karshner

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