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Family Names

10 Minute Play, Comedy  /  2w

Catherine Pelonero, Edna Pelonero

Sheila has worked up the courage to meet and have it out with her romantic rival, Marie. But can she find the right Marie? Fun, light comedy in the tradition of Who's on First?

Family Names

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival

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Summary

This play draws laughs like the Abbott and Costello classic Who's on First? An attractive woman announces to a receptionist that she is her husband's mistress. The receptionist is not married, but her brother does have the same name as the husband in question, and the receptionist has the same name as her sister-in-law. In fact, this large family has many identical names. The more questions the mistress asks, the more bewildered she becomes. 

Part of our Off-Off Broadway Festival: Nineteenth Series 

History

Family Names was first produced in November, 1993 at the Nat Horne Theatre, New York City, by Love Creek Productions with the following cast:

SHEILA O'KEEFE...........Lauren Simpson

MARIE SALUZZO...........Jennifer Hall

The production was directed by Jeff Gonzalez. The play was restaged as part of the Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival in April, 1994 with the same cast. Jeffrey J. Albright directed.

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SHEILA O'KEEFE - a nervous but determined young woman
MARIE SALUZZO - a blase young woman with a wit as sharp as a scalpel

The cast is 2 women in their 30s.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    An office.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance
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Authors

Catherine Pelonero

Catherine Pelonero
Catherine Pelonero's plays include Family Names and Awesome Ghosts of Ontario, both published by Samuel French, Inc. She has won the Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and the Yale University Screenwriting Competition for her short screenplay, Preservation Society. Other ti ...
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Edna Pelonero

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