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Into the Breeches!

  • George Brant
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 1940s / WWII
  • 2M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573708275

A surprisingly modern and moving comedy about the singular way art and community reveal our boldest selves even in the darkest times.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1940s / WWII
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Oberon Play House’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director's wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare's Henriad, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theatre experience. Together they deliver a delightful celebration of collaboration and persistence when the show must go on!

REVIEWS:

"Entertainingly captures the true meaning of being an American. Delightful and thoroughly engaging."

 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"A gem of a play, one of the sweetest nights of theater you're likely to see...not-to-be-missed."

 The Providence Journal

"Beyond hysterical...most fun I've had in the theatre in a long time."

 The Chautauquan Daily

"Hilarious, heartfelt triumph...powerful, but never preachy and as heartwarming as it is fun."

 Montgomery Advertiser

"An absolute delight...like a breath of fresh air that will leave one smiling like a dope at the end."

 BroadwayWorld

Premiere Production:

Originally commissioned by Trinity Repertory Company, Providence, RI, August, 2014
World Premiere Produced by Trinity Repertory Company
Curt Columbus (Artistic Director), Tom Parrish (Executive Director)

  • Casting: 2M, 6F

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Oberon Play House’s director and leading men are off at war with the Axis. Determined to press on, the director's wife sets out to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare's Henriad, assembling an increasingly unexpected team united in desire, if not actual theatre experience. Together they deliver a delightful celebration of collaboration and persistence when the show must go on!

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