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Breakfast Scene

10 Minute Play, Dark Comedy  /  1w, 2m

Eric Marlin

René and Georgette Magritte are making breakfast. Outside their kitchen is a cowboy, slowly approaching. Over a few dozen cups of coffee, husband and wife try to avoid discussing their recent infidelities.

Breakfast Scene

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    10 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Experimental
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

René and Georgette Magritte are making breakfast. Outside their kitchen is a cowboy, slowly approaching. Over a few dozen cups of coffee, husband and wife try to avoid discussing their recent infidelities.

Published in the Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 42nd Series.

History

 

Breakfast Scene premiered as a part of Exquisite Corpse Company's, The Enchanted Realm of Rene Magritte on Governors Island, summer of 2016 under the direction of Tess Howsam.

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Performing Groups

GEORGETTE MAGRITTE - Female (cis or trans). Mid twenties to mid forties. Any race.
RENÉ MAGRITTE - Male (cis or trans), but might not be played by a man. Around the same age as the actor playing GEORGETTE. Any race.
COWBOY - Male (cis or trans). Mid twenties to mid thirties. Any race.

  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting

    The Magrittes’ kitchen in the early morning.

  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission, Not Applicable
  • Duration 10 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance
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Authors

Eric Marlin

Eric Marlin
Eric Marlin's work has been produced and developed by Dixon Place, Samuel French, HOT! Festival, Play Date at Pete's, PTP/NYC, Wildclaw Theatre, Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Metro Arts Initiative, the Public Theatre (Bennington College Alumni 24 Hr. Plays), Buffalo United Art ...
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