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This Must Be the Place

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  5w, 4m

When world famous portrait artist Bob Zachary plans a romantic evening to propose to April March, he doesn't figure on his plumber chum posing as him to lure a Las Vegas chorine to the house for a tryst, fashion designer Pomona Beaumont showing up seeking her niece debutante who is a client of Bob's…

This Must Be the Place

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Farce, Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
When world famous portrait artist Bob Zachary plans a romantic evening to propose to April March, he doesn't figure on his plumber chum posing as him to lure a Las Vegas chorine to the house for a tryst, fashion designer Pomona Beaumont showing up seeking her niece debutante who is a client of Bob's, the niece ecstatically thinking that Bob is going to propose to her, a monstrous rejected suitor of April's showing up to wreak vengeance, Gloria's mother arriving to look for the missing Desmond diamonds (which vanished while in the custody of Pomona's long missing daughter Clorinda) or the arrival of the weirdest private detective ever to stride onto a stage with drawn gun and an erroneous notion of who's who and what's what. This show is three acts of nonstop hilarity, a chaotic riot that barely gives audiences time to breathe between guffaws.
Keywords

BOB ZACHARY - a world-famous portrait artist
GLORIA DESMOND - a soon-to-be debutante
ROGER CLARK - Bob's best friend, a plumber
POMONA BEAUMONT - a high-fashion designer
APRIL MARCH - a lovely young psychologist
CANDY CLUSTER - a Las Vegas chorus girl
JULIAN GLESTER - a towering hunk of menace
WENDELL ZOLOTNIK - a private investigator
MINERVA DESMOND - Gloria's wealthy mother

  • Time Period Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Physical Comedy
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Gun Shots

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: $110 per performance

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Authors

Monk Ferris

Monk Ferris is one of several pen names for prolific playwright Jack Sharkey (1931-1992). Mr. Sharkey was born on May 6, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. He began writing when he was 10 years old. He graduated from college with a BA in Creative Writing and taught school from 1953 t ...
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