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Splitting Issues (And Several Other Noteworthy Concerns)

  • Sam Bobrick
  • Sketches / Scenes, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 15M, 13F
  • ISBN: 9780573662683

Splitting Issues consists of nine sketches with a total of 28 roles but can also be done using as few as six actors.

  • Sketches / Scenes
  • Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Outdoor, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Nine comedic sketches about relationships -- some romantic, some new, some fraying, some ending, some beginning anew.

Splitting Issues.
Pete and Gwen Darren invite their best friends, Marry and Marcie, over for drinks to inform them that they are splitting up. They then want to know which of them Larry and Marcie will choose to remain friendly with.

Do You Come Here Often?
Bob and Nan meet at a singles dance for young professionals. She's a professional manicurist and he's a professional house painter. 

Purgatory.
Jack, a beaten man who has married a woman with two kids, offers to give them all back to the ex-husband.

May I Recommend The Crow?
At a fancy restaurant, a woman is waited on by her ex-husband who now works there because their nasty divorce cleaned him out.

Clearing the Air.
A couple attempts to ward off any building or hidden anger that might arise in their relationship by starting the day off swearing at each other.

Bingo-Bango.
A man, not at all interested in art, goes to the museum to pick up women. 

Dinner With Friendly Neighbours.
An anti-social couple take their new and overly friendly neighbours to dinner and scare the hell out of them.

Hollywood Love Story.
Two couples realize they've married the wrong people.

He Failure.
To the annoyance of his wife, a man reflects on his life.

Bobrick's writing is observant, fresh, and funny. This is the type of show were there is something for everyone.

Tolucan Times
  • Casting: 15M, 13F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: Up to 28 roles, but can also be done using as few as 3 male, 3 female.

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Nine comedic sketches about relationships - some romantic, some new, some fraying, some ending, some beginning anew.Includes:Splitting Issues - Pete and Gwen Darren invite their best friends, Larry and Marcie, over for drinks to inform them that they are splitting up. They then want to know which of them Larry and Marcie will choose to remain friendly with.Do You Come Here Often? - Bob and Nan meet at a singles dance for young professionals. She’s a professional manicurist and he’s a professional house painter. Purgatory - Jack, a beaten man who has married a woman with two kids, offers to give them all back to the ex-husband. May I Recommend The Crow? - At a fancy restaurant, a woman is waited on by her ex-husband who now works there because their nasty divorce cleaned him out. Clearing the Air - A couple attempts to ward off any building or hidden anger that might arise in their relationship by starting the day off swearing at each other. Bingo-Bango - A man, not at all interested in art, goes to the museum to pick up women. Dinner With Friendly Neighbors - An anti-social couple take their new and overly friendly neighbors to dinner and scare the hell out of them. Hollywood Love Story - Two couples realize they’ve married the wrong people. He Failure - To the annoyance of his wife, a man reflects on his life.

$24.95