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A Feminine Ending

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  2w, 3m

A Feminine Ending is a gentle, bittersweet comedy about a girl who knows what she wants, but not quite how to get it. Her parents are getting divorced, her fiancé is almost famous, her first love reappears, and there's a lot of noise in her head, but none of it is music. Until the end.

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Romantic Comedy
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Scene work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary

Having recently graduated from a major conservatory, and with a rocker boyfriend on the brink of stardom, aspiring composer Amanda Blue’s “extraordinary life” seems to be all mapped out. But when she’s called home to answer her mother’s distress call about a [marriage in crisis/marital crisis], Amanda’s grand plan starts to unravel. A Feminine Ending is a bittersweet play about dreams deferred, loves lost, and learning to trust a woman’s voice in a man’s world.

History

A Feminine Ending premiered in New York City at Playwrights Horizons in October 2007 under the direction of Blair Brown.

AMANDA - Mid 20s, oboist, aspiring composer.
JACK - Mid 20s, singer, up-and-coming pop star.
KIM - Early 50s, Amanda’s mother. Homemaker.
DAVID - Early 50s, Amanda’s father. Insurance salesman.
BILLY - Mid 20s, Postman.
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Amanda’s house in Brooklyn. Her parents’ house in New Hampshire. The recesses of her mind.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Multimedia
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS:

"Ending is a promising beginning...the playwright has a sense of humor that brings to mind a budding Wendy Wasserstein and a liberated sense of form that evokes a junior Paula Vogel." - Los Angeles Times

"Darkly comic...has undeniable wit." - New York Post

"Appealingly outlandish humor." - The New York Times

"Courageous. The 90-minute piece swerves with nerve and naivete. Sarah Treem has a voice all her own." - Newsday

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Videos

  • A Feminine Ending - Playwrights Horizons Trailer youtube thumbnail

    A Feminine Ending - Playwrights Horizons Trailer

Music

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

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Sarah Treem

Sarah Treem is the Golden Globe Winning writer and producer of Showtime's The Affair. Her full-length plays include Empty Sky, Against the Wall, Mirror, Mirror, A Feminine Ending, Human Voices, When We Were Young and Unafraid, and Vienna's Amazing.A Feminine Ending received i ...
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