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Topic: need a play for a very strong actress

Posted By: pykirk
Subject: need a play for a very strong actress
Date Posted: 2/16/10 at 3:51pm

Hi all,

I'm looking for a comedy, probably, for a very strong comedic character actress. Hoping to find something quirky, boarderline absurd.

Thanks,

Tom (Pasadena, CA)

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Posted By: donzolidis
Date Posted: 2/16/10 at 5:45pm

What age range?

For 30-45 or so, try Wonder of the World, by David Lindsay-Abaire. Hilarious.

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Posted By: Lazy Bee
Date Posted: 2/17/10 at 3:35am

How long a piece are you looking for?

Are you looking for a solo piece or a piece with a strong female lead role? If it's the latter, how many people do you want in the rest of the company?

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Posted By: edh915
Date Posted: 2/17/10 at 1:41pm

As soon as I saw "absurd" I thought of "Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You In The Closet And I'm Feelin' So Sad."

More conventionally, there's always "Auntie Mame".

"Lettice and Loveage" is wonderful if you have a strong supporting female, too.

Rarely done, but a really nice, heartwarming, gentle comedy is "A Majority Of One."

That's all that comes immediately to mind.

Posted By: MLT.
Date Posted: 2/17/10 at 10:01pm

Shirley Valentine. For. Sure.

Posted By: edh915
Date Posted: 2/18/10 at 1:39pm

Well, if you're talking one-woman shows, there's always "The Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe."

Posted By: pykirk
Date Posted: 2/18/10 at 9:11pm

Full length. I'm totally flexible on cast size.

Thanks,

Tom

Posted By: Ogreking4
Date Posted: 2/24/10 at 1:20pm

I would recommend "Getting Gary" by Brian Mitchell.

"Marrying Gary was the worst mistake of Nancy's life. So, why does she want him back?"

Life hasn’t been easy for Nancy this past year. After divorcing her unemployed husband and setting her alimony payments, he won the lottery. Her children are running her life and her job as a Chicago-area publishing editor is in dire jeopardy because she hasn’t found a new client in some time. But things are finally looking up! She has been in contact with Vladimir Flamenco, a Russian self-help author, and he is thinking of allowing her to publish his books in English! So when he demands an advance of seventy-five thousand dollars, Nancy approves the advance, only to find that Flamenco was a complete fraud and has run off with her company’s money.

Now, Nancy’s boss is on her to get the manuscript or get the money back, or go to prison! So, with the help of her friend, Beth, Nancy sets out to get the money from the only person she knows that has that kind of money, her ex-husband, Gary.

You can find it at playsbybrian.com

Posted By: ozzieparker
Date Posted: 3/19/10 at 2:47pm

How about Pamela Parker's "Dreams of Martha Stewart"? It's a one woman show. A mid range age-wise actress plays 15 different people. Black box set. You'd need an amzing actress. She doesn't leave the stage for 55 minutes.

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Posted By: ozzieparker
Date Posted: 3/19/10 at 2:48pm

I forgot to say- I can get you in contact with the playwright real easy.

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Posted By: Jo Norland
Date Posted: 3/21/10 at 10:08am

Not sure what age or character range you are looking for, but my full length script, Lizzy, Darcy & Jane, published by Samuel French, has a strong Jane & Elizabeth, not to mention Lady Catherine.

Can be read for free at:

http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/lizzydarcyjane.html - http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/lizzydarcyjane.html

good luck!

Joanna

Posted By: PSdotcom
Date Posted: 3/28/10 at 8:27pm

Did a search on Production Scripts for tagword 'ABSURD' and http://www.productionscripts.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=&categories_id=&manufacturers_id=&females_id=&males_id=&gender_id=&rating_id=&length_id=&tags_id=1&tags_and_or=And&tags_id_2=&x=42&y=6 - these came up . Good luck!

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