Chamber Music
- Short Play, Drama, 1930s
- 2M, 8F
- ISBN: 9780573621741
The business at hand is how to attack the men's ward before they attack the women and devour them like cannibals.
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Description
- Short Play
- Drama
- 60 minutes
- Time Period: 1930s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Intense Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
This strange meeting features The Woman in the Safari Outfit, the Woman in Armor (she has barracks language down pat, wears rusty armor, is called Joan of Arc and carries a big crucifix), the Woman with the Gavel, and others.
The business at hand now is how to attack the men's ward before they attack the women and devour them like cannibals. A ruse is needed so they kill the Aviatrix named Amelia Earhart. This exercise causes them to lose the strand of their thought and forgot why they did it.
Available in the collection The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis & Other Plays.
REVIEWS:
The business at hand now is how to attack the men's ward before they attack the women and devour them like cannibals. A ruse is needed so they kill the Aviatrix named Amelia Earhart. This exercise causes them to lose the strand of their thought and forgot why they did it.
Available in the collection The Day the Whores Came Out to Play Tennis & Other Plays.
REVIEWS:
"Kopit's absurd logic is delightful and disturbing."
The Chicago Reader
"There's a lot of laughter."
Orlando Sentinel
"An intriguing and still topical allegory."
The Chicago Tribune
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 8F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast
WOMAN IN SAFARI OUTFIT
WOMAN WITH NOTEBOOK
GIRL IN GOSSAMER DRESS
WOMAN IN AVIATRIX'S OUTFIT
WOMAN IN QUEENLY SPANISH GARB
WOMAN IN ARMOR
WOMAN WITH GAVEL
MAN IN WHITE
HIS ASSISTANT
