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Same Time, Next Year

  • Bernard Slade
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573616044

Delicious wit, compassion, a sense of humor and a feel for nostalgia.

The New York Times

Genuinely funny and genuinely romantic.

The New York Post

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy

  • Time Period: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 1975 Drama Desk Award Outstanding New American Play
    Nominee! 1975 Tony Award Best Play
One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers.
REVIEWS:

Delicious wit, compassion, a sense of humor and a feel for nostalgia.

The New York Times

Genuinely funny and genuinely romantic.

New York Post
Premiere Production: Same Time, Next Year was first presented on Broadway by Morton Gottlieb, Dasha Epstein, and Edward L. Schuman at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City on March 13, 1975. It was directed by Gene Saks.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

DORIS
GEORGE

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One of the most popular romantic comedies of the century, Same Time, Next Year ran four years on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for lead actress Ellen Burstyn, who later recreated her role in the successful motion picture. It remains one of the world's most widely produced plays. The plot follows a love affair between two people, Doris and George, married to others, who rendezvous once a year. Twenty-five years of manners and morals are hilariously and touchingly played out by the lovers.

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