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The Man with his Mother on his Arm

Short Play, Comedy  /  5w, 2m

The Man with his Mother on his Arm is a comedy based on the concept of "Momism." We follow Ed Regis from birth to adulthood as he tries to go through life without his mother, but his mother is a puppet on his arm that he carries through every crisis. A chorus of four women plays her voice. …

The Man with his Mother on his Arm

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    5w, 2m

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The Man with his Mother on his Arm is a comedy based on the concept of "Momism." We follow Ed Regis from birth to adulthood as he tries to go through life without his mother, but his mother is a puppet on his arm that he carries through every crisis. A chorus of four women plays her voice. She is present even on Ed's honeymoon and causes Ed's marriage to Vivian to fail. Even when his mother finally dies and he thinks he has his life in order, we see at her graveside that even in death, Ed's mother has an irreversible hold on him still. In Spells, 3 One-Act Comedies
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    • Mild Adult Themes

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Jules Tasca

Through I.U.P., Jules Tasca has taught playwrighting at Oxford University in England and he has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in Central Italy. He is the author of over 125 (full-length and one-act) published plays that have been produced in numerous national thea ...

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