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The Problem-Solver

10 Minute Play, Comedy  /  2w, 3m

Michael Bigelow Dixon, Valerie Smith

A weekend getaway runs awry thanks to incomplete lawn furniture set and a
some reheated mayonnaise. Can five grown adults survive the chaos and
dysfunction surmounting at their beach house?

The Problem-Solver

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A weekend getaway runs awry thanks to incomplete lawn furniture set and a some reheated mayonnaise. Can five grown adults survive the chaos and dysfunction surmounting at their beach house?
History
The Problem-Solver was first produced at Actors Theatre of Louisville on December 11, 1989. It was directed by Fred Major.
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Performing Groups
PHIL – mid-20s, married to Megan
MEGAN – mid-20s, married to Phil
TINA – mid-20s, married to Jer
JER – mid-20s, married to Tina
KURT – mid-20s, friend of Phil’s, not married to anyone
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Summer. A beach house.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 10 minutes

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Authors

Michael Bigelow Dixon

Michael Bigelow Dixon

Michael Bigelow Dixon is a playwright, director, and professor of theatre. For 17 years, he supervised the reading and selection of plays for the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He then moved to Minneapolis, where he created a new ...

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Valerie Smith

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