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Waiting (Soland)

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  6w, 6m

"Like life, the play starts out with sex, but quickly evolves into a
study of love, belonging, longing, pain, happiness and hope...Soland's words bring out humor and hope, that makes life worth waiting
for." - NoHo LA Magazine

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 6m
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Romantic Comedy
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Details

Summary

Waiting delves into the lives of twelve people who share humorous and heart-warming stories about their relationships and whether or not they waited to have sex until they were married.

History
Waiting was originally produced at The Tamarind Theatre in Hollywood, California, on November 1, 2002.  It was directed by Chip Chalmers and produced by Hilde Garcia and The Florida Project.
BETSY - twenty-five to thirty, engaged to Sam.
SAM -  twenty-five to thirty, engaged to Betsy.
CLAIR - late thirties, married to Bob for about fifteen years.
BOB - early forties, married to Clair for about fifteen years.
ANN - early fifties, married to Norm for thirty years.
NORM - early fifties, married to Ann for thirty years.
LINDSAY - about thirty, extremely pregnant, married to Jim for five years.
JIM - about thirty-five, married to Lindsay for five years.
LINDA - married to Steve for twelve years.
TRUMAN - eighty-three years old.
CINDY - twenty-one, college co-ed.
STEVE - a paraplegic, married to Linda for twelve years.

Role for a disabled actor in a wheelchair. Can be produced with as few as 6 actors or as many as 12.

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Local Celebrity Cameo
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Media

"Like life, the play starts out with sex, but quickly evolves into a study of love, belonging, longing, pain, happiness and hope. Even when the characters aren't talking about their first times together, they are still waiting. Waiting for people to surprise them, waiting for a tragedy to unfold, waiting for life to begin – or end. Through all this, Soland's words bring out humor and hope, that makes life worth waiting for." - NoHo LA Magazine

"Waiting playwright Lisa Soland starts her ostensibly light comedy with pre-marital sex and, over the course of her play, expands that theme to encompass her loss of faith in humanity in an increasingly solipsistic world. And in the journey from light to darkness...she reveals a kind of truth that transcends moral diatribe...and the play develops into a sobering indictment of our own apathy toward not only romantic relationships but the ones we forge with our fellow man as well. Waiting becomes a kind of strategy for getting past pre-judgments, and the play turns into a heartwarming story about restoring trust." - LA Weekly

"Billed as a comedy about pre-marital sex,' Lisa Soland's play Waiting searches the passionate depths of the heart rather than keying on the fleshy surface of sex." - Crescenta Valley Sun

Music

  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

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Authors

Lisa Soland

Lisa Soland’s plays Waiting, Cabo San Lucas, Truth Be Told, The Man in the Gray Suit & Other Plays and The Name Game are published by Samuel French Inc., but her work can also be found in “best of” anthologies published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, Applause Books and Dram ...

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