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Downtown

10 Minute Play, Comedy  /  1w, 2m

Three friends at a club discuss the patrons they see and accusations
start flying from every corner, accusing everyone in the club (including
each other) of emotional death, emotional blandness, and emotionally
bad fashion.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

Three friends at a club discuss the patrons they see and accusations start flying from every corner, accusing everyone in the club (including each other) of emotional death, emotional blandness, and emotionally bad fashion. Who stole whose latest treatise on post-modernism? Is she really wearing that with those shoes?

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

History
Downtown was first commissioned and produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville on December 14, 1987. It was directed by J. Christopher Wineman.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
BRETT, J., and SASKIA– three disillusioned critics of the literary community
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting a corner booth at a downtown club
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Jeffrey Hatcher

Jeffrey Hatcher. Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (Book). Off-Broadway: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at The Minetta Lane; Murder By Poe, The Turn of the Sc ...

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