Apres Opera

Apres Opera

Apres Opera

Michael Bigelow Dixon, Valerie Smith

Apres Opera

Apres Opera

Michael Bigelow Dixon, Valerie Smith

Overview

This ten-minute opera bouffe shows what can happen when an ex-girlfriend meeting her ex-boyfriend brings along her new fiance, who happens to be narcoleptic. As an aria from Pagliacci fills the restaurant, violence from the opera spills onto the stage.

Can the flame of passion ever be extinguished?

Published in Ten Minute Plays from Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 1.

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Cautions

  • Caution Alcohol Alcohol
  • Caution Mild Adult Mild Adult Themes
  • Caution Open Flame Open Flame

Details

  • Genre: Farce, Parody / Spoof, Romantic Comedy
  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Cast Attributes: Flexible cast size
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences, Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

Authors

Michael Bigelow Dixon

Michael Bigelow Dixon is a playwright, director, and professor of theatre. For 17 years, he supervised the reading and selection of plays for the annual Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. He then moved to Minneapolis, where he created a new ...

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Valerie Smith

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