MIXED DOUBLES - Overview
an evening of comedic two-person one-acts
performed August 10-12, 2000
Here We Are
written by Dorothy Parker
adapted and directed by Elizabeth R. Stone
The newlyweds are alone at last, trying to make conversation
en route to their honeymoon. Somehow, neither of them
anticipated just how awkward it could get...
English Made Simple
written by David Ives
directed by Eric Lindblad
A young man and woman meet at a party and their immediate
romantic attraction is translated into comically un-romantic
grammar lessons as they struggle to free themselves from the
banal constrictions of party talk.
Settling Accounts
from Neil Simon's "London Suite"
directed by Brian Bermack
A cranky writer accosts his investments manager at gunpoint
in a London hotel room, demanding to know what happened to his
money
Of Time and the Behavioralist
written by John E. Mueller
directed by Drew Sexton
A discussion on the meaning and usefulness of sample sets,
and their effect on the meaning of life.
Going Home
from Neil Simon's "London Suite"
directed by Megan Bell
The scene takes place in a London Suite the evening before a
mother and daughter return to the States from their European
vacation. They have returned from an exhausting day of walking
the London streets and shopping the boutiques, but both have
very different ideas on how to spend their last evening abroad...
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