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My Heart Reminds Me

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

"Fast but controlled, racy but elegant. . . . Leads one on a light hearted way from the word Go." - The Weekend Review, Chicago
This uproarious, fast moving comedy of marital near infidelity defies easy classification in that it actually has six continuing characters but they are played by only one man and one woman.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

Details

Summary

A fast, funny, frolic in the parlor of a New England publisher. Caught up in this summer weekend folly are the publisher in middle-age crisis, his faithful wife of twenty-five years and his zany, naive but willing secretary. This romatic comedy gets complicated by the arrival of three strange guests - a celebrated Swiss biologist, a flamboyant actress and her first and third husband who claims to be the world's greatest Bulgarian actor.

This uproarious, fast moving comedy of marital near infidelity defies easy classification in that it actually has six continuing characters but they are played by only one man and one woman.

History

My Heart Reminds Me premiered at Playwright Center in Chicago, Illinois and subsequently moved on to premiere performances out of the country in Oshawa, Canada and Trinidad, West Indies.

GEORGE PEABODY FOSTER - a respectable paperback publisher, who is suffering the onslaughts of the arrival of middle age
KATHRYN FOSTER - George's respectable wife, who is suffering the onslaughts of the arrival of her husband's middle age
AUDREY ABBLER - George's shy, devoted,virginal and somewhat mawkish secretary
DR. WOLFGANG CORDAY - a Swiss biologist, who writes with authority on insectology and sex
VIVECA NICE - a glamorous and often married film star
STANISLAUS PETKOV - Viveca's first and third husband, the world's greatest Bulgarian actor

It is imperative that all the roles be played by only two actors: a man and a woman.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting

    The play takes place in the "parlor of the Foster manor" in June.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS

"Fast but controlled, racy but elegant. . . . Leads one on a light hearted way from the word Go." - The Weekend Review, Chicago

"...an evening of belly laughs. As refreshing as two scoops of daiquiri ice, it presents approximately the same level of mental challenge, but lasts longer and is much less fattening." - Emily DeHuff - The Calendar

"...comedy has a sense of early Neil Simon about it..." - Virginia Wicklund, Critiques Unique WDCB FM radio.

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Tom Sharkey

Tom Sharkey (1934-2008), author-composer-lyricist-producer, began his career at the age of 19 as a writer-editor for the Chicago Magazine and published two books before graduating from Chicago State University. He was playwright-in-residence at Southern Illinois University, C ...

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