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Quick & Dirty (A Subway Fantasy)

Short Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

David Riedy

"Brilliantly explores the unbridgeable chasm between... female and male sexual fantasy." - Theatre2K.com
This steamy and provocative wake-up call for daydreamers toys with a potential liaison on a subway platform.

Quick & Dirty (A Subway Fantasy)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Romantic Comedy
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival

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Summary
This steamy and provocative wake-up call for daydreamers toys with a potential liaison on a subway platform. There's an attractive woman and a good-looking man. Eyes meet. The attraction is obvious, but where does fantasy end and reality begin. Published in Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 28th Series.
History
Quick & Dirty (A Subway Fantasy) was developed through The Ensemble Studio Theatre's Lexington Lab, under artistic director Curt Dempster. It was directed by the author. The play was subsequently produced by Tangent Theatre Company, under artistic directors Michael Rhodes and Keith Teller, as part of its Subway Series in June 2003 at the WorkShop Theater in New York City. It was directed by Greg Skura.
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Performing Groups
WOMAN - wearing a silk blouse, opened one button below what would be considered "business-like," and a skirt; 31, with short, blonde hair, and a severe, sensual face
MAN - 27, dark-skinned, with black hair and thick, black eyebrows; dressed in a ratty t-shirt with the name of some band he played bass for five years ago, over which is a faded dress shirt tucked into black jeans; wears heavy black boots
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A subway platform.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

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"A deliciously insightful pas de dues... with highly-charged sexuality... Brilliantly explores the unbridgeable chasm between... female and male sexual fantasy." - Theatre2K.com

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David Riedy

David Riedy
David Riedy's plays have been seen all over New York City, most recently at The Neighborhood Playhouse in theAtrainplays and The Staten Island Ferry Plays, of which he is Head Writer. As a founding member of The Lexington Group, Mr. Riedy directed and was Head Writer of The B ...
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