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The Gulf (One-Act)

Short Play, Drama  /  2w

Audrey Cefaly

“As funny as it is powerful, as tender as it is passionate, The Gulf reveals a pair of volatile lovers whose relationship is as sharp as a fishing knife - pointed and dangerous.” – Broadway World

Winner of the 40th Annual Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival.

The Gulf (One-Act)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
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Summary

The divide between Kendra and Betty mimics the very world that devours them: a vast and polarizing abyss. On a quiet summer evening, somewhere down in the Alabama Delta, Kendra and Betty troll the flats looking for red fish.  After Betty begins diagnosing Kendra’s dead-end life with career picks from What Color is Your Parachute, their routine fishing excursion takes a violent turn.

Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 40th Series and Love is a Blue Tick Hound 

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History
The Gulf first premiered in August of 2010 as part of the Silver Spring Stage One-Act Festival in Silver Spring, MD under the direction of Chris Curtis.
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Performing Groups
BETTY - 20s-40s. An optimist. A thinker. Restless and tender-hearted.
KENDRA - 20s-40s. A woman of few words. A loner. Scrappy, dark, brutish and volatile. 
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting

    Present day. A fishing boat. Alabama delta.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language

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Audrey Cefaly

Audrey Cefaly

Audrey Cefaly's plays include The Gulf (Edgerton, Lammy, Charles MacArthur Nominee), Alabaster (NNPN Record-Breaking RWP, Kilroys, Calicchio Prize), Maytag Virgin, The Last Wide Open, The Story Of Walter, Fin & Euba, Tell Me Something Good, The Believers and Love Is A Blue Ti ...

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