2 Strong Female Comedy
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Topic: 2 Strong Female Comedy
Posted By: dschock
Subject: 2 Strong Female Comedy
Date Posted: 6/30/08 at 12:55pm
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I'm looking for a good comedy that has 2 stong female parts, a cast of no more than 7 total and a simple set. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance! ------------- Thanks!! Dan S |
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Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 6/30/08 at 2:50pm
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You didn't specify the ages of the women, but you've just described Neil Simon's female version of the "The Odd Couple".
If your females are 20-30's then you might want to look at Alan Ball's "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress." ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: B-M-D
Date Posted: 6/30/08 at 3:57pm
The Smell of the Kill 3 women 3 men as off stage voices. You can find it a http://www.dramaticpublishing.com - www.dramaticpublishing.com They even have an excerpt that you can read on-line. The set may not be as simple as you'd like as it takes place in a very very upscale suburban kitchen. When I directed it I had a working refrigerator and running water from the sink. You also need to show an oven or at least a cooking range and should have a nice looking facade for a dishwasher and be able to open it to put dishes in it. Oh and a clock gets shot off the wall, so have good working prop hand gun. Other than than a pretty simple dark comedy that had everyone rolling in the aisles. Oh yeah and the knife effect in the broom closset was a crowd pleaser every night......as was the freezer packed with Green Giant frozen pea boxes.....and the working baby monitor with baby crys and actor dialog might be challenging.......and I haven't even gotten to the plot yet. ------------- BD 
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard." |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 6/30/08 at 5:03pm
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aww Topper, I had so much respect for you before you said "female odd couple..." Never felt the translation really went over ... I mean, Imagine.. a woman who likes her house really clean.. who can grasp that? Sorry, I'm bad, but I really hate that show... could you tell?
------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: SherrieAnne
Date Posted: 6/30/08 at 10:28pm
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Blithe Spirit!!!! ------------- There's a little bit of diva in all of us. Some just have a larger helping than others. |
Posted By: jaytee060
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 7:37am
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Here are a few that come to mind:
GRACE AND GLORIE
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
AGNES OF GOD
VANITIES
WALLY'S CAFE
CRIMES OF THE HEART
STEEL MAGNOLIA
FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN
BELLES ------------- "REMEMBER ME IN LIGHT" |
Posted By: mary051756
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 8:08am
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I have to agree with Marty - I read the script and found it really, really dated for the time period and just not quite up to par with the original male version. ------------- “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” EMERSON |
Posted By: POB14
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 12:48pm
I thought I was the only one that didn't care for the Female Version. I keep hearing it described as "funnier than the original" . . . uh, no. ------------- POB Old Bugger, Curmudgeon, and Antisocial B**tard |
Posted By: Topper
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 2:09pm
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Excuse me, while I pick up my teeth.
I was only recommending the show because of dschock's specifications. I've never actually seen the female version.
Like the man who bought orthopedic shoes, I now stand corrrected. ------------- "None of us really grow up. All we ever do is learn how to behave in public." -- Keith Johnstone |
Posted By: dschock
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 2:24pm
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Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the input (even Odd Couple female version - which I might mention, I had thought of too, but I'm not a huge fan of it either, and I needed 7 in the cast and I think it's eight)!
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress looks like it could work perfectly. Does anyone have more input on it (good or bad)?
DS ------------- Thanks!! Dan S |
Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 7/01/08 at 4:09pm
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It's a hilarious script, but depending on your community, might be a little blue. There are a few suggestive spots in there.
But then again, the whole purpose of theatre is not to offend anyone, right? ------------- www.donzolidis.com |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 7/02/08 at 7:56am
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If you get to the point were you want something a little more than comedy for women (P.S. a couple of Jim's suggestions are not quite comedy's)
"Octette Bridge Club" (You'll need one more woman, also a guy who is on for about five minutes of the first scene)
Also, really great show, "A piece of my heart" (you will also need one man who does a bunch of little "bits" throughout as different characters.
------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: jaytee060
Date Posted: 7/02/08 at 9:35am
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OK, OK...so I can't read. It did say COMEDIES for 2 females. I have to admit, there are not a lot of laughs in Agnes of God.....so....allow me another chance at this:
I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
CRIMES OF THE HEART
VANITIES
WALLY'S CAFE
5 TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN
BELLES
CEMETARY CLUB
MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO
PLAZA SUITE
THE GOOD DOCTOR
CROSSING DELANCEY
and any FARNDALE AVENUE play.
ps. I rather enjoy ODD COUPLE (FEMALE VERSION)...so there!
I said it and I'm glad.  ------------- "REMEMBER ME IN LIGHT" |
Posted By: theatremonkey
Date Posted: 4/07/09 at 12:16am
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Always....Patsy Cline is funny if you cast the right Louise! ------------- theatre monkey |
Posted By: jayzehr
Date Posted: 4/07/09 at 12:58am
Well, I would hope the original poster figured it out by now as this discussion was apparently taking place last summer! 
But I did find a partial copy of "Five Women.." on Googlebooks which is pretty cool. I wonder how many other scripts are available that way now? http://books.google.com/books?id=sUs2o7IWe3IC&dq=five+women+wearing+the+same+dress+dramatists&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=PNzaSZyaFdP5lAfd2LmACA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPA6,M1 - LINK HERE. |
Posted By: SpenceKenzer
Date Posted: 4/08/09 at 5:30pm
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Kitchen Witches is a terrific play, 2 women, 1 or 2 men, unit set.
------------- --------------------<*> Saludos, my dahlinks, and you know who you are ... ! |
Posted By: janetk
Date Posted: 4/14/09 at 3:08pm
| We just finished Kitchen Witches and it was a sell out. Two major leads for women, one man and the other role could be male or female. One set. OUr audience loved it. Especially the tasting scene. |
Posted By: stockhamlj
Date Posted: 4/14/09 at 6:41pm
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TITLE: Divorce Sale
PLAYWRIGHT: Linda Stockham GENRE: Contemporary Comedy. LOGLINE: Neighbors hold a séance to contact the deceased husband of one’s ditsy mother-in-law. CAST OF CHARACTERS: 10 (6f,4m) 2 cameo roles out of 10 roles, 1f, 1m. SCENIC REQUIREMENT: Double-car garage. (Relative simple scenic design.) TIME: Spring, early 1990s. APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes. PLAYWRIGHT'S KNOWN PRODUCTION HISTORY: Perry Stagecoach Community Theatre, Perry, Oklahoma. Opened November 3, 2007. Directed by Kandi Gibson. Freeport Players, Regency Theatre, Freeport, Bahamas. Opened October 25, 2007. Directed by Tiffany Dennison. Solomon Islands premiere produced by The Honiara Amateur Musical Society, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Opened on October 1, 2005. The Dalby Players Little Theatre, Inc., Dalby, Queensland, Australia. Opened August 8, 2003. Directed by Adele Jasper; produced by Nancy Evans. (Australian premiere.) The Manhattan Players, The Duality Playhouse, New York City, New York. Opened on June 11, 1993. Directed by Matthew FitzSimmons. (World premiere.) A copy of this play can be downloaded at: http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/divorcesale.html ------------- Linda Stockham |
Posted By: tristanrobin
Date Posted: 4/14/09 at 8:45pm
| Couple 'a White Chicks Sittin Around Talking |
Posted By: GoldCanyonLady
Date Posted: 4/15/09 at 10:13am
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No one mentioned Faith County. Set is very simple and the women are the stars---especially three of them. Funny play. It was a big hit when we did it. http://www.movinon.net/VillagePlayers/FaithCounty/Rpictures.html - http://www.movinon.net/VillagePlayers/FaithCounty/Rpictures.html Scroll down to look at the Technical rehearsal pictures if you want an idea of what the play looked like. ------------- Barb Hofmeister, MountainBrook Village Players, Gold Canyon, Arizona. |