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The Refrigerators

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3w, 4m

"Highly original!" - Saturday Review

"Perverse gem...of ghoulish comic brew." - Village Voice

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller

Details

Summary
Penny, charming heiress to a huge fortune, lives in a bizarre house surrounded by mysterious, untouchable refrigerators allegedly family heirlooms but actually refrigerated coffins. Penny tries convincing her servant Nicola, an amorous Italian, that her sister Inez is an identical twin. Nicola, suspicious and frightened, discovers that Inez is actually a male scientist and Penny's lover. In the night he experiments with half thawed beauties in the refrigerators. Nicola calls in a short sighted police inspector and there's a fast, funny, unpredictable ending in the hilarious farce tradition.
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Highly original!" - Saturday Review

"Perverse gem...of ghoulish comic brew." - Village Voice

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Mario Fratti

Mario Fratti, professor emeritus of Italian literature at Hunter College, is an internationally acclaimed playwright and drama critic. Author of such works as Suicide, The Cage, The Return, The Academy, Mafia, and The Bridge, he is best known for his musical Nine (inspired by ...
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