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Axis Sally

Short Play, Drama  /  1w

Don Nigro

"Funny... . Plays delightful games with language. . . . A great showcase for young talent." - Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Axis Sally

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Axis Sally finds an unhappily married woman playing Ophelia in a workshop. Her identification with the character's frustration is intensified by her friendship with an old woman playing Lady Macbeth and with a caged animal, Martin Fisher Martin. Part of The Girlhood Of Shakespeare's Heroines. In Cincinnati & Other Plays.
History
First produced by the Porthouse Theatre Company in Kent, Ohio in July 1988, with Kristin Kundert, directed by Marya Bednerik.
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  • Time Period 1970s
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Funny...  Plays delightful games with language... A great showcase for young talent." - Cleveland Plain Dealer

"This is theatre of ideas that assume flesh and blood because the characters are so strong, so indelible and filled with sly humor." - Akron Beacon Journal

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Authors

Don Nigro

Don Nigro

Don Nigro is among the most frequently published and widely produced playwrights in the world and has continued to build a deeply interrelated and diverse body of dramatic literature, employing a wide variety of dramatic conventions and styles of presentation. He has written ...

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