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The Best Warm Beer in Brooklyn

Short Play, Comedy  /  3m

Jason Milligan

This wild farce is about two friends who are reunited late one night in Joey's bar. Published in New York Stories: Five Plays About Life in New York .

The Best Warm Beer in Brooklyn

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

This wild farce is about two chums, Joey and Eddie, who are reunited late one night in Joey's bar. Eddie tells Joey about the bizarre, horrible things he's subjected himself to so that he might suffer enough to create a masterpiece novel. Stoic Joey reveals that inside he's the one who is really suffering. To help each other, they form an insane plan to "kill two birds with one rock." The outcome is hilarious.

Published in New York Stories: Five Plays About Life in New York.

History

THE BEST WARM BEER IN BROOKLYN was originally presented at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York as a work-in-progress in April, 1986, under the direction of the author.

The play received its first full production at the West Bank Cafe Downstairs Theatre Bar in New York on February 14, 1989 directed by Steve Rankin.

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Performing Groups

JOEY SPANO - 30s; the bar owner; big, athletic-looking Italian fellow.
EDDIE - the writer; nshaven, unkempt, frayed; driven by a "vision."
THE BIG TEXAN - pissed; justice to him is his rifle, which he carries in a gun rack in his El Camino...along with the spurs that hang from his rear-view mirror.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting JOEY's bar in Brooklyn. Three o'clock in the morning. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Mild Adult Themes

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)

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Authors

Jason Milligan

Jason Milligan

Jason Milligan's many stage plays have been performed in numerous productions across the United States, as well as in Canada and Europe. Thirty-seven of his plays are now published by the Samuel French imprint of Concord Theatricals, including ...And Then the Rain Came to May ...

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