Things My Mother Taught Me
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 3M, 3F, 1M or F
- ISBN: 9780573700897
Brand new romantic comedy by Katherine DiSavino, author of the smash comedy Nana's Naughty Knickers. Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together, halfway across the country from their parents, so imagine their surprise when everyone shows up to help them. Funny and touching, this one will make you laugh out loud and fall in love all over again.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Senior
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
This brand new comedy from the author of Nana's Naughty Knickers takes a generational look at relationships, and how sometimes parents are passing their best lessons on to their children without even meaning to. Funny and touching, this one will make you laugh out loud and fall in love all over again.
REVIEWS:
Things My Mother Taught Me is superbly written...[it's] a wonderful, sentimental, true-to-life comedy about love and family, guaranteed to leave young and old with knowing smiles, because we've all had mothers of our own.
Intelligencer Journal
Expect to fall head over heels for Things, a show with heart and humor...It is, quite simply, loveable.
Lancaster Sunday News
When you move into a new apartment, don’t forget to clean the top of the refrigerator and buy a new toilet seat. These are just a few tips from Things My Mother Taught Me, a hilarious show [that] had last Friday’s audience laughing so hard that some of those in attendance had tears streaming down their faces...
Charity Apple / Times-News
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 3F, 1M or F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
- Casting Notes: The character of Max Mirowski may be played by a man or a woman. Lines that reference this character's gender may be adjusted accordingly.
OLIVIA KEEGAN - late 20s; energetic; neat; slightly OCD; an architect.
KAREN KEEGAN - late 50s-60s; Olivia's mother.
CARTER KEEGAN - 60s; Olivia's father.
GABE LAWSON - late 20s; a writer; good-natured.
LYDIA LAWSON - late 50s-60s; Gabe's mother.
WYATT LAWSON - 60s; Gabe's father.
MAX MIROWSKI - late 50s; Polish accent; building super; may be played by a man or woman.
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Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago. Their moving day doesn't go exactly as planned, though, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help! Can a two bedroom apartment contain all of the love, laughs, worry and wisdom that's about to happen? This brand new comedy from the author of Nana's Naughty Knickers takes a generational look at relationships, and how sometimes parents are passing their best lessons on to their children without even meaning to. Funny and touching, this one will make you laugh out loud and fall in love all over again. |
$24.95 |
