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Sick (Brunstetter)

  • Bekah Brunstetter
  • Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 5M, 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573642425

B drags her promiscuous best friend E with her to the clinic to get tested after an unfortunate drunken encounter with Birthday Man. As the two girls are stuck waiting for their test results, they are haunted by their previous sexual encounters, and confronted with the realities of their futures.

  • Short Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • High School/Secondary, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Shoestring Budget

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2006 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
B drags her promiscuous best friend E with her to the clinic to get tested after an unfortunate drunken encounter with Birthday Man. As the two girls are stuck waiting for their test results, they are haunted by their previous sexual encounters, and confronted with the realities of their futures.

Developed by the class of 2007 of the New School for Drama, this is a hilarious ensemble piece with an eye-opening message.

Published in Off Off Broadway Festival Plays, 31st Series.

Premiere Production: Sick was presented as part of the 2006 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival and was produced by the New School for Drama.
  • Casting: 5M, 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting
  • Casting Notes: Parts may be double-cast. The original production featured 5m and 5w.

  • B, 23 - lady. Quieter counterpart.
    E, 23 - lady. Loud, nearly inappropriate humor, irresistible.
  • KYLE
    MAX
    PAULO
    BIRTHDAY MAN
  • On the waiting room TV:
    SAMANTHA
    HOT GUY
    HOT GIRL
    CHARLIE
    CONDOM MAN
  • THE NURSE
    TWO SUB-NURSES