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Last Act is a Solo, The

This haunting, beautiful play by one of America's foremost playwrights will amuse and move any audience.

  • Short Play
  • Drama

  • Target Audience: Senior
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Senior Theatre, Community Theatre
Laura Cunningham, once a star, lives amid costumes, props and memories of her career. Too frail to act, she remains fiercely independent and resists her nephew's attempts to move her to the country where she can be cared for. In fact, she has an interview that very afternoon with a director. Olympia Dukakis, Edward Herrmann and Gavin MacLeod starred in a broadcast on Arts & Entertainment Network.

This haunting, beautiful play by one of America's foremost playwrights will amuse and move any audience.

Premiere Production: The Last Act is a Solo was first presented on April 2, 1991, by The General Motors Playwrights Theatre, on The Arts and Entertainment Channel, produced by Gladys Nederland. It was directed by David Shaughnessy.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors

  • LAURA CUNNINGHAM
    BEN CUNNINGHAM
    MICHAEL JONES
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    Laura Cunningham, once a star, lives amid costumes, props and memories of her career. Too frail to act, she remains fiercely independent and resists her nephew's attempts to move her to the country where she can be cared for. In fact, she has an interview that very afternoon with a director. Olympia Dukakis, Edward Herrmann and Gavin MacLeod starred in a broadcast on Arts & Entertainment Network.

    This haunting, beautiful play by one of America's foremost playwrights will amuse and move any audience.

    $24.95