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My Name is Leslie

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Larry Blamire

Desperate diners in a restaurant have trouble placing their orders.

My Name is Leslie

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary
Desperate diners in a restaurant have trouble placing their orders, and things quickly escalate into a parody of war movies in this fast-moving absurdist piece.
History
Premiered as part of Larry Blamire's Sketch-O-Rama in 1991.
Keywords
Performing Groups
BAYCROFT - male, a sullen restaurant patron
HESELTINE - male, a panicky restaurant patron
LESLIE - a vacuously smiling waitress
PULLMER - female, an aggressive restaurant patron
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting A restaurant.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission, Physical Comedy
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Larry Blamire

Larry Blamire
Larry Blamire is a playwright, director, actor and artist. Plays include Jump Camp, In the Nations, and Interface (all directed by him, all making Year's Best lists of the Boston papers) and his Irish play Whyo, which received a grant from the Artists Foundation. The latter w ...
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