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The Cleaners

Short Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Lindsay Joy

Lower East Side. Right now. It’s Rita and Jerry’s job to clean up the stuff no one else will: death.

The Cleaners

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

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Summary

Lower East Side. Right now. It’s Rita and Jerry’s job to clean up the stuff no one else will: death.

Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 41st Series

History

The Cleaners premiered at the 41st Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival in New York City in August 2016 under the direction of Michael Padden.

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Performing Groups
JERRY - 30's, of Italian descent. Sweet, awkward, abrupt. Grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
RITA - 30's, of Puerto Rican descent. Tough, fragile, extremely proud, and in a bad way financially. Also grew up in the Lower East Side.
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting A Manhattan apartment.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language

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Authors

Lindsay Joy

Lindsay Joy
Lindsay grew up in the middle of nowhere New Hampshire. She’s a proud member of the Amoralists ‘Wright Club, and the all-lady ass-kicking Beehive Collective. She recently served as Co-Artistic Director to the Award Winning LabRats Theater Company. The Rats production my full ...
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