Bed and Breakfast
- 10 Minute Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2M, 3F
- ISBN: 9780573693076
A new friendship begins between two women on vacation - one a newlywed on her honeymoon, the other a long-suffering wife of a man with severe memory loss.
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Description
- 10 Minute Play
- Comedy
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Shoestring Budget
Sarah is on her honeymoon with her grouchy, lug of a husband, Chuck, when she meets Alice, a woman who's been visiting for quite some time since her husband, Claude, suffers from memory loss. When the two strike up a conversation, Alice gives Sarah a pill from Claude's medication that will change Chuck entirely.
Published in Ten Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 2.
Published in Ten Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 2.
Premiere Production:
Bed and Breakfast was first produced by Actors Theatre of Louisville on June 5, 1989. It was directed by J. Christopher Wineman.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 3F
ALICE - an American woman of any age
EVELYN - a British woman of indeterminate age
CHUCK - Sarah's husband, a thug
CLAUDE - Alice's husband
