James Sherman

Comedy

4m, 2f

Interior

A hilarious new play from James Sherman, AFFLUENZA! borrows classic characters from Restoration Comedy like the cuckolded husband, the coquette, the wily servant, and the fop to create a contemporary comedy of manners. When multi-millionaire, William Moore brings home his new girlfriend, his son and ex-wife are threatened by the potential new heir to the family fortune. Who gets what and who ends up with whom is revealed in this dazzling display of wit and wordplay.

"James Sherman has created a Moliere play for our times. A clever and delightful piece of theatre." -Chicago Reader

"James Sherman's AFFLUENZA! is an impressive piece of work -- a witty balancing act that gets laughs from age-old human foibles as well as our present age of untrammeled corporate greed." - The Kansas City Star

"Sherman's vital Americanese displays all of the lightness, gaiety and poetic skill of the French satirist's classic French." - The Atlanta-Journal Constitution

FEE: $75 per performance.
Other titles by James sherman available from Samuel French include:
Beau Jest
From Door to Door
The God of Isaac
Half and Half
Magic Time
Relatively Close