A play for 1 man and 2 women (expandable casting up to 6 men and 12 women). "Comedy, drama"--back cover.
Summary:
Three actors. One desk. Three chairs. Theatre at its most elemental. Seven Interviews offers up seven different short plays, each with an interview format, and each of which illuminates some aspect of the human condition. Written for three versatile actors who will each be called upon to portray six very different characters, this opportunity for virtuoso performance on a theatrical shoestring may also serve high schools and colleges looking for a cohesive showcase vehicle for its directing and acting students. The seven pieces range from the broadly comic to the achingly tragic. Among the situations set up in the seven pieces are a job interview to replace a secretary who is giving her employer nightmares, a biographer's horrible realization that she doesn't know her subject at all, the matter of a baseball team mascot who is frightening children at the ballpark, a dialogue between psychiatrist and patient with an unexpected outcome, a conference between parent and school principal over the expulsion of the woman's son; along with pieces about a very unlikely customer for a professional hit-man, and an office cleaning lady caught red-handed on Christmas Eve.
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