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John's Ring

In the 1970's when John Lennon lived in New York City, three young women who worship the Beatles stumbled into the event of a lifetime.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: 1970s
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student
In the 1970's when John Lennon lived in New York City, three young women who worship the Beatles stumbled into the event of a lifetime: after seeing John on the street and professing their admiration, he gave them his ring! Who gets to keep it? A knockdown, drag out fight ensues and the winner takes all after a wacky duel of wits.

Published in New York Stories: Five Plays About Life in New York.

Premiere Production: John's Ring was originally produced in New York by the Dragonfly Theatre Company, Lucas Walker, Artistic Director, at the Sanford Meisner Theatre on October 3, 1985, under the direction of David M. Jaffe. The Production Stage Manager was John Mackessy.
  • Casting: 3F
  • Casting Attributes: All Female

  • MYRA - the oldest, mid-twenties
    STELLA - the boldest, mid-twenties
    AMBER - the wealthiest, mid-twenties