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Passengers
[19037]

$9.95

ISBN 978-0-573-66267-6

Scene Collection

Sam Bobrick

Dramatic Comedy

2m, 2f

Exterior

Four actors, a man and woman in their mid to late twenties and a man and woman in their mid to late forties, play seventeen characters in eight short scenes that take place in a small mid-western bus station. The scenes, which segue fluidly from one to another without stopping, vary from comedic to poignant and are tied together in the last scene.

Scene 1 – Jane and Walter, a disillusioned man and woman, meet in the station. As they converse, they are convinced they are dead.

Scene 2 – Frank, one of life’s eternal losers, encouraged by his wife Clara, plans to turn his life around by successfully robbing the bus.

Scene 3 – Fred, a successful businessman, meets Maureen, an old high school classmate of his, who is now a bag lady. They have a rousing time together recalling the good old days.

Scene 4 – Ernest, an innocent bystander, suffers outrageous consequences when he refuses to get involved in a bogus incident that was set up to reprimand people who refuse to get involved.

Scene 5 – Mrs. Evans, a recently widowed woman, whose husband was accidentally killed while attending a circus out of town, awaits his ashes. At the same time she is returning the body of the clown that was sent to her by mistake.

Scene 6 – June, a not too bright young girl in a wedding dress, who was just about to marry a man who can give her everything, decides instead to run off with her old boyfriend, Bobby, who can give her nothing. As they converse while waiting for the bus, June realizes what a stupid thing she’s done.

Scene 7 – Mace, a bus driver, asks Laura, the woman behind the ticket counter to join him in his retirement. Although she knows they would be perfect for each other, she has to turn him down.

Scene 8 – Four characters from the above scenes find themselves waiting for the final bus of life.

“For a real adventure in theatre, hop on board Passengers...[It] is a fresh, idiosyncratic, irreverent comedy set in, of all places, a bus station. In eight sketches, a series of characters meet in the bus station. The encounters weave together a subtle but profound theme...Passengers is a great script. The characters are good and the dialog witty and sharp...Everything about this show is unexpected and unconventional.” - Niles Daily Times

FEE: $75 per performance

Other Sam Bobrick titles available from Samuel French include:
Annoyance
Are You Sure?
The Crazy Time
Death In England
Hamlet II (Better than the Original)
Murder at the Howard Johnson's
New York Water
No Hard Feelings
Norman, Is that You?
The Outrageous Adventures of Sheldon and Mrs. Levine
Remember Me?
The Stanway Case
Wally's Cafe
Weekend Comedy

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