Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Anybody Out There?

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   I was wondering if anyone has put on or seen a production of Anybody Out There by John Patrick... I just read it. Some of it was very funny, other parts seemed a bit forced. Wanted to get some opinions from people who've seen it performed. Does it play well onstage? A lot of the characters seem one demensional in my view. I know it's a comedy and the situation of the play is what drives it, but still... Then again, I've only read through it once.

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mikejmurray Player Joined: 9/18/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 24	Topic: Anybody Out There? Posted: 6/26/07 at 7:38pm
	I was wondering if anyone has put on or seen a production of Anybody Out There by John Patrick... I just read it. Some of it was very funny, other parts seemed a bit forced. Wanted to get some opinions from people who've seen it performed. Does it play well onstage? A lot of the characters seem one demensional in my view. I know it's a comedy and the situation of the play is what drives it, but still... Then again, I've only read through it once.

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Kathy S Celebrity Joined: 8/21/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 303	Posted: 6/27/07 at 12:48am
	I haven't read or seen this play, but I can identify with that impression that you are describing of a play that seems "forced" or characters that seem flat or contrived. I think that with comedies sometimes they seem that way when you read them, but if you get a group together and read it aloud, you might see that it really is better than you thought. Or at least that is my experience with some comedy scripts. And sometimes they actually "play" better than they "read".
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HRF22 Walk-On Joined: 7/28/07 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 7/28/07 at 4:45am
	I also am not familiar with the play but wanted to say that I completely agree with Kathy S. Our season selection process involves reading prospective plays aloud, as a group, in character. The play comes alive that way and, often one finds unexpected humour in the lines which are not always evident when read alone. We also have the prospective director present for the reading.
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tristanrobin Celebrity Joined: 4/25/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 704	Posted: 7/31/07 at 8:28am
	Okay - my mind is getting feeble and all the titles of all the plays I've ever known are getting jumbled. Isn't "Anybody Out There" a little one-act play by William Inge? I always thought the characters were quite natural (?) .
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