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A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 4w, 5m
Mark Dunn
Love and war rage in a Texas small claims court. As love blooms between Judge Harriet Kerr and Constable Jay Weiss behind closed chamber doors, war erupts in the jury room as six jurors square off over a case involving former lovers with heavy grudges.
JUDGEJUDGE HARRIET KERR - 30s CONSTABLE JAY WEISS - 30s
JURYELAINE - early 30sMATT - 30s BRADLEY - late 20s to early 30sDALE - male, late 20sSELENA - late 30s to early 40sGLENDA - 50s
In both JUDGE and JURYBILLY - the bailiff, late 20s to early 30s
There are two opportunities for double casting in Judge and Jury: The parts of Harriet and Jay in "Judge" may be played by any of actors of the appropriate gender playing the six jurors in "Jury." However, it is the author's opinion that double casting is most effective when the actress playing Harriet doubles as Selena, and the actor playing Jay doubles as Matt; the couples are almost mirror opposits of one another, and by casting both pairs with the same actors, the contrast would be sharpened and the tension - both sexual and emotional - would be more effectively dramatized.
Mark Dunn is a playwright, novelist and non-fiction author. A 35-year veteran of writing for the stage, Mark is the author of 15 full-length plays now available for licensing through Concord Theatricals. His most popular plays – Belles, Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain, Belle ...
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