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Strange as it May Seem

Short Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 1m

Strange as it May Seem

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

Details

Summary

Originally commissioned by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, this humorous and ultimately touching play premiered in a soup kitchen. Two women, a teacher and one of her past students, run into each other in an urban soup kitchen on New Year's Day. Though it seems both are there to help feed the homeless, one of them is in dire need and too proud to admit it.

Published in Here, There & Everywhere: 8 Site-Specific Plays.

History
STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM was originally commissioned by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and performed in a homeless shelter as part of Morristown, New Jersey's First Night Celebration. The play was directed by Brian Platt.
DEBBIE - 40s; an upper-class woman.
SUSAN - 30s; middle class.
RALPH - 30s; a homeless man.
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting A shelter in a downtown metropolitan area. New Year's Day. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Jason Milligan

Jason Milligan's many stage plays have been performed in numerous productions across the United States, as well as in Canada and Europe. Thirty-seven of his plays are now published by the Samuel French imprint of Concord Theatricals, including ...And Then the Rain Came to May ...

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