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Skin Deep (Howe)

  • Tina Howe
  • Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573696763

Daphne, the wood nymph is being chased through the subway system by Apollo. She flies into the arms of an infamous dermatologist who tries to save her. But can he?

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Set on the R train in New York City. Daphne, the wood nymph is being chased through the subway system by Apollo. She flies into the arms of an infamous dermatologist who tries to save her. But can he?

A part of the collection Shrinking Violets and Towering Tiger Lilies.

Premiere Production: Skin Deep premiered at 59E59 in New York City as a part of their Summer Shorts Series in 2007 under the direction of Laura Barnett.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F

  • DR. MARVELL - a dermatologist, 40s-50s
    DAPHNE - a beautiful nymph on the run, 20s
    APOLLO - a Greek God, 20s-30s
    VOICE OF THE CONDUCTOR