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Serendipity

Serendipity is part of Niagara Falls and Other Plays, a collection of heightened short plays that explore what happens when everyday life rub up against the messy and fantastic mysteries of the universe.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set
A man and a woman meet by chance on a street corner. The woman wants to go home; the man wants to know why the woman's fiancee looks just like him. Sometimes serendipitous meetings can be hard to shake off...

Serendipity is included in Niagara Falls and Other Plays.

Premiere Production: Serendipity was commissioned and produced by City Theatre in Miami, FL as a part of Summer Shots 18. Producing Artistic Director John Manzelli and Literary Director Susan Westfall. It premiered at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts on June 6, 2013. Directed by Margaret Ledford.
  • Casting: 3M, 3F

  • MAN - a man, sort of an everyman, but grumpy
    WOMAN - a woman, could be nicer, a bit "high end"
    PASSERBY 1 - a woman, naive, polite, but less "high end"
    PASSERBY 2 - a man, probably a recreational drug user
    PASSERBY 3 - a man, Passerby 4's husband
    PASSERBY 4 - a woman, Passerby 3's wife
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    A man and a woman meet by chance on a street corner. The woman wants to go home; the man wants to know why the woman's fiancee looks just like him. Sometimes serendipitous meetings can be hard to shake off...

    Serendipity is included in Niagara Falls and Other Plays.

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