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Shtick

  • Henry Meyerson
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 1M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573696220

"Mainstream success...spicy situation...moving effect...abundance of jokes...wittily cynical lines...Whoever likes to be moved and entertained in one evening will enjoy this show."

Lidove Noviny, Prague

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Senior, Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Senior Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre
Helen's life became complicated after her husband Murray's stroke and her sister Gladys's revelation, wanting to set the record straight in case Murray should die, that she and Murray had been having an affair.

Helen suspected Murray was no angel when she married him. After all, as a stand-up comic he was always on the road and she knew comics could be loose cannons. Helen knew she was trading the risk Murray would bring to any relationship, let alone marriage, for the excitement of the gamble. While Helen might have been willing to adjust to Murray and his new stroke induced limits, the stakes were raised and the game was changed by Gladys's admission of the affair.

So now Helen is left on the horns of dilemma: How can she be a nurturing caretaker for a man who has deceived her (with her own sister, yet) while knowing he is a snake with no visible conscience?
REVIEWS:

"Mainstream success... spicy situation... moving effect... abundance of jokes... wittily cynical lines... Whoever likes to be moved and entertained in one evening will enjoy this show."

 Lidove Noviny, Prague

Premiere Production: Shtick premiered at the Theatre Ungelt in Prague in December 2010 and has been in production in Prague and on tour of the Czech Republic ever since.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Color blind casting

  • HELEN - 60; a woman who is ready and able to cope not only with her husband Murray's physical problems, but his rotten disposition, as well. She radiates energy and is as skilled at verbal repartee as Murray.

  • MURRAY - 60; Murray is in a wheel chair and partially paralyzed; having always been sarcastic and irascible, his stroke certainly hasn't improved his disposition.

  • GLADYS - 55; Helen's freewheeling, younger sister; more stylishly attired than Helen, but perhaps a tad too glitzy. While she is no match for Helen's verbal ability, she is the breezier, more self-assured of the sisters. Gladys lives by the creed of honestly and having a good time.

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    Helen's life became complicated after her husband Murray's stroke and her sister Gladys's revelation, wanting to set the record straight in case Murray should die, that she and Murray had been having an affair. Helen suspected Murray was no angel when she married him. After all, as a stand-up comic he was always on the road and she knew comics could be loose cannons. Helen knew she was trading the risk Murray would bring to any relationship, let alone marriage, for the excitement of the gamble. While Helen might have been willing to adjust to Murray and his new stroke induced limits, the stakes were raised and the game was changed by Gladys's admission of the affair. So now Helen is left on the horns of dilemma: How can she be a nurturing caretaker for a man who has deceived her (with her own sister, yet) while knowing he is a snake with no visible conscience?

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