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Scab

  • Sheila Callaghan
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 1M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573696718

"Scab...is a textbook example of promising work, written with a yen for interesting language and liberally salted with well-observed details of the lives of newly minted adults...the play shines."

The New York Times

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

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

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Anima's sphere of desperation and self-destruction is invaded by the arrival of her perky new roommate, Christa. Moved by a particularly malevolent statue of the Virgin Mary and a houseplant named Susan, Anima and Christa soon enter into a profound and intimate friendship that incurs traumatic results.
REVIEWS:

"Brilliantly and poetically rendered... [Callaghan's] playful sense of language and her attunement to her characters are enthralling."

 Time Out Chicago

"Scab... is a textbook example of promising work, written with a yen for interesting language and liberally salted with well-observed details of the lives of newly minted adults... the play shines."

 The New York Times

"Darkly funny forays into the surreal... Callaghan shows talent in the inventive fantasy sequences... A stylish production."

 The Village Voice

Premiere Production: Scab was first presented at the Women's Expressive Theatre in New York City in 2002. Subsequent productions include Eternal Spiral Productions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Impage Theatre in Berkley, California; and The Blue House Theatre in Los Angeles.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
  • Casting Notes: Could expand to 2 male parts

ANIMA - 23 year-old woman
CHIRSTA - 22 year-old woman
JENNA / ANGEL ONE - 20s-30s woman
ALAN / ARTIE / DAVIE / ANGEL TWO - 32 year-old man
MOM / KELLEE / MARY-ANDROGYNE - 40s woman

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Anima's sphere of desperation and self-destruction is invaded by the arrival of her perky new roommate, Christa. Moved by a particularly malevolent statue of the Virgin Mary and a houseplant named Susan, Anima and Christa soon enter into a profound and intimate friendship that incurs traumatic results.

$24.95

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