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Touch of Evil

Short Play, Comedy  /  6w, 2m

Cynthia Mercati

To Winton, life is stale, soggy and lumpy, like leftover fries without ketchup, and what does he have to show for four years of high school? A perfect attendance record! He wants more from life, he wants to be a winner; in fact, he'd sell his soul for a little success. He's scarely explanined thi…

Touch of Evil

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Children (Age 6 - 10), Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

A Touch of Evil is a humorous one-act play, that gives us a double twist at the end.

Our hero is Winton, a High School senior who'd like to be a winner. He compares his life to french fries, stale and soggy, and his claim to fame is a perfect attendance record.  Angie, his girlfriend, is smart and spirited, trying to cheer him up by reminding him that he did win the potato sack race at the last school picnic.  Then he utters the immortal words: "I'd sell my soul for a little success!"

At that moment Mona Mephistopheles appears and the battle between good and evil is on.

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Performing Groups

Angie and Winton are your everyday high school seniors, although Winton is a whiner, Angie is full of spirit and spice. Elwood Wormsley and his girlfriend, Jezebel are great comedic roles, while, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Pandora, and Mona Mephistopheles provide some over the top evil -- and fun.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Cynthia Mercati

Cynthia Mercati
Cynthia Mercati has had shows performed in each of the fifty US states, as well as Australia and Canada. Many of her plays are published by Samuel French. As Playwright-in-Residence at the Des Moines, Iowa, Playhouse, Ms. Mercait wrote a show each season for Actors on Tou ...
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