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Open and Shut

Short Play, Comedy  /  3w, 1m

Two sisters manipulate a "human" door to get rid of their Dad's unwanted girlfriend.…

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary
Two sisters manipulate a "human" door to get rid of their Dad's unwanted girlfriend. Fun and inventive.
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
Two Young Women from Brooklyn. One Floozy from Brooklyn. One human door.

This takes place in Brooklyn. It would be helpful though not necessary to do a Brooklyn accent.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Simple set requirements. Invention welcome.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"I laughed until I cried. Then I laughed some more. AG

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $55 per performance
    $90 with other plays in collection

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Authors

Ann Karine (AKA Annie G.)

Ann Karine is a NYC playwright. Her play Hermaphroditie was chosen to be in the Best American Short Plays Of 2002-2003. Deadline, a new play, is a hilarious farce and send up of Wall Street. Incommunicado, Inc. or Edge Stew was performed at the Cardboard Box Collaborative in ...
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