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Weekend Comedy

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Sam Bobrick

"Thoroughly enjoyable. . . . A steady rat a tat of laugh lines." - Kansas City Star

Weekend Comedy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
A couple in their late forties to mid-fifties and a couple in their mid-late twenties have accidentally rented the same cottage for a three-day weekend. They decide to share it. We watch the comedic clash between generations.
History

Weekend Comedy was first presented in 1985 at Tiffany's Attic in Kansas City, MO, produced by Dennis D. Hennessy and Richard Carrothers. A 1986 production at Stage West in Calagary, Canada directed by the author, Sam Bobrick

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Performing Groups
FRANK & PEGGY - A couple in their late forties - early fifties

JILL & TONY - A couple in their mid-late twenties

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting The present. The main room of a comfortable two-room upstate New York vacation cabin.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS

"Thoroughly enjoyable... A steady rat a tat of laugh lines." - Kansas City Star

"Contemporary and spunky... It's home spun humor strikes chords regardless of a viewer's age and the laughter it kindles is as warm and spontaneous as the play's dialogue and situations." - Calgary Sun

"Laughs are 24 karat gold" - Calgary Sun

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Sam Bobrick

Sam Bobrick

Sam Bobrick (www.sambobrick.com) has written and co-written over forty plays, most of them performed throughout the world, which include: Norman, Is That You?, Murder at the Howard Johnson's, Weekend Comedy, Remember Me?, Death in England, Passengers, Are You Sure?, Baggage, ...

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