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Sand Pies and Scissorlegs

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 2m

This gentle southern comedy by the author of Belles and Minus Some Buttons is about two sisters and a brother who find themselves at a crossroads in their lives. A play about the sometimes reluctant passage from childhood to
adulthood and about how difficult it is to trade the safety and security
of youth for the problems and responsibilities of the world of the
adult.

Sand Pies and Scissorlegs

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
This gentle southern comedy is about two sisters and a brother who find themselves at a crossroads in their lives. As children they ran away from an unhappy foster home in Ohio and headed for Disney World. They made it as far as a small resort town on the Alabama gulf coast where they moved in with a couple with Down Syndrome, who became their surrogate parents. It's now one year after the couple's death, and tough decisions must be made about the beach house which has been Patty and Joshalynn and Nicky's home for the last twenty years, and about what these three will be doing with the rest of their lives. It's a play about the sometimes reluctant passage from childhood to adulthood and about how difficult it is to trade the safety and security of youth for the problems and responsibilities of the world of the adult.
History
Sand Pies and Scissorlegs opened in New York City on November 6, 1991 at the American Theatre for Actors. It was directed by Valerie Harris.
Cast Attributes
NICKY PHELPS - 24
JOSHALYNN PHELPS - 28
DARIS CUMBY - 30
PATTY PHELPS - 26
NOVELLA CUMBY - mid-50s
EVELYN GRUBER - 50s
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Mark Dunn

Mark Dunn is a playwright, novelist and non-fiction author. A 35-year veteran of writing for the stage, Mark is the author of 15 full-length plays now available for licensing through Concord Theatricals. His most popular plays – Belles, Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain, Belle ...

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