Family Values
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary
- 6M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573626289
Published with Any Friend of Percy D'Angelino Is a Friend of Mine and Men in Suits in Men in Suits: Three Plays About the Mafia.
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Meet Vinnie and Anne Marie, an all American, upwardly mobile Mafia couple who have it all: a beautiful home, plenty of money and success. Vinnie is about to become a made man. One the eve of his official induction into the crime family, his world crashes down in a chaotic series of darkly comic events. He commits the worst transgression imaginable when he accidentally runs over the Boss's six year old heir. The boy is barely injured but Vinnie is in deep trouble. His fanatic efforts to remedy his blunder reveal the high price of being part of the "Family."
Published with Any Friend of Percy D'Angelino Is a Friend of Mine and Men in Suits in Men in Suits: Three Plays About the Mafia.
Published with Any Friend of Percy D'Angelino Is a Friend of Mine and Men in Suits in Men in Suits: Three Plays About the Mafia.
Premiere Production:
Family Values was originally presented as a staged reading at the Westwood Playhouse in Los Angeles on October 18, 1993 under the auspices of the Patchett Kaufman Entertainment Theatre play reading series. It was directed by Dan Lauria.
Characters
- Casting: 6M, 3F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Parts for Senior Actors, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Roles for Children
ANNE-MARIE - Vinnie's wife
THE KID - 6; male
THE BOSS
CHARLES - a tailor
DR. ROSENBAUM - a male M.D.
DR. McCAFFREY - a female M.D.
A NUN - can be played by the same actress who plays Dr. McCaffrey
SEVERAL MAFIOSI - 35-60; "made" men ranging in age; can be played by the same actors who play Charles and Dr. Rosenbaum
