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Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

  • Ed Graczyk
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, 1950s, 1970s
  • 1M, 8F
  • ISBN: 9780573607646

"Full of homespun humor [and] [...] surefire comic gems."

New York Post

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1950s, 1970s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
In a small-town dime store in West Texas, the "Disciples of James Dean" gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot.

The ladies' congenial reminiscences mingle with flashbacks to their youth; then the arrival of the stunning-but-familiar stranger sets off a series of confrontations that smash their delusions and expose bitter disappointments.
REVIEWS:

"Captures convincingly the atmosphere of the 1950s."

WWD

"A work of amazing dramatic power [...] ingenious, shocking [...] funny, brimming with pathos, wise and full of wonder at the sometimes sinister tricks of life. The best play I have seen in years."

Gannett Newspapers

"A challenging piece of theatre."

The London Standard

"Full of home spun humor [and] [...] surefire comic gems."

New York Post

Premiere Production: The play was first produced by Players Theatre in Columbus, Ohio, opening September 30, 1975. It was directed by the author. The play received its professional premier by the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, in February, 1977. It was directed by Fred Chappell and starred Dana Ivey and Fannie Flagg. The Broadway production opened February 18, 1982. It was directed by Robert Altman.

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  • Casting: 1M, 8F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Ensemble cast

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In a small-town dime store in West Texas, the "Disciples of James Dean" gather for their twentieth reunion. Now middle-aged women, they were teenagers when Dean filmed Giant two decades ago in nearby Marfa. One of them, an extra in the film, has a child whom she says was conceived with Dean during the shoot.

The ladies' congenial reminiscences mingle with flashbacks to their youth; then the arrival of the stunning-but-familiar stranger sets off a series of confrontations that smash their delusions and expose bitter disappointments.

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