Madness on Madrona Drive

Full Length Play, Comedy / 6m, 5f, 1boy(s)

"Hysterical, high style comedy." - Oakland Tribune.

Madness on Madrona Drive

Cast Size
6m, 5f, 1boy(s)
Duration
120 minutes (2 hours)
Subgenre
Farce
Target Audience
- Adult
- Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13)
- Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Additional Info

Eccentric Louise McHugh is delighted to learn her new neighbor is a well known racketeer, Johnny Trovado. One day three people invade her home on one pretext or another: a telephone repair man, a high fashion wedding consultant (her daughter is to be married shortly) and the father of the groom a stranger. Louise gradually realizes their identities are false. The three villains state to an amazed yet pleased Louise they are holding her prisoner while they plant a bomb in the Trovado house. Louise, her maid and her brother, a priest, employ inept plans to thwart the villains with spectacularly ineffective results. Moments before the explosion a plan works and Louise waits impatiently for the media cameras to arrive.

Reviews

"Hysterical, high style comedy." - Oakland Tribune

Keywords

Aging, Friendship, Parenting/Family

Considerations

Performing Groups

High School/Secondary
College Theatre / Student
Community Theatre
Dinner Theatre
Professional Theatre
Reader's Theatre
Shoestring Budget

Cautions

Alcohol
Gun Shots

License details

Minimum Fee: $75 per performance

Production

Details

Time Period: 1980s, 1970s, 1960s, 1950s
Duration: 120 minutes (2 hours)
Additional Features: Local Celebrity Cameo, Physical Comedy

Casting

6m, 5f, 1boy(s)

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Cast Attributes

Ensemble cast
Local Celebrity Cameo
Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

Resources

Scripts

Authors

Louis Flynn

This play was written by Louis Flynn as his Master's Thesis at Catholic University.

In 1958 it was produced by a Bay Area Community Theatre for a short 4 week run. The show was extended for 6 months and became the impetus for the creation of The Cont

Madness on Madrona Drive

Madness on Madrona Drive