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Eating Out

10 Minute Play, Drama  /  3w

Marcia Dixcy

Three women discuss their issues with weight and how their body issues have affected their lives.

Eating Out

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

Three women discuss their issues with weight and how their body issues have affected their lives. Chriss maintains a bare-bones diet, Melanie purges, and Pat has a history with pills. They each suffer in their own bodies.

Published in Ten Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 1.

History
Eating Out was first produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville on May 17, 1988. It was directed by the author.
Keywords
Performing Groups
CHRISS – an anorexic woman obsessed with ridding all body fat
MELANIE– a bulimic woman who binge-eats and then binge-purges
PAT – a woman who abused amphetamines in the past to manage her weight
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting a dark stage: each woman is lit by a spotlight and may have a table besides her
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Drugs
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

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Marcia Dixcy

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