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Love Town

  • Michael Kaplan
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 5M, 3F
  • ISBN: 9780573698033

Clever and funny, laced with jokes. A quirky adult comedy that will stand on its own in any community

The Tribune

[Love Town] unmasks the truth that lies beyond artificial social niceties, revealing an authenticity behind the brightly painted facade that little towns display to the world.

New Times of the Central Coast

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Gun Shots, Strong Language, Drugs, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Shoestring Budget, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Senior Theatre
Sea Spray is a charming beach town, perfect for romantic getaways and cliff-side proposals. While tourists walk around with stars in their eyes, the locals take their lumps and watch their relationships fray and fizzle.

Karl is a self-professed good guy who bought the little village dream for his wife, only to have her run off with the town aromatherapist. Now he's stuck with a quaint souvenir shop he never wanted, and the vengeful impulse to run it into the ground.

As the local merchants scheme to drive Karl away, his bitter emporium becomes a safe haven for the romantically scarred men of Sea Spray.
REVIEWS:

Clever and funny, laced with jokes. A quirky adult comedy that will stand on its own in any community

The Tribune

[Love Town] unmasks the truth that lies beyond artificial social niceties, revealing an authenticity behind the brightly painted facade that little towns display to the world.

New Times of the Central Coast
Premiere Production: Love Town had its premiere at the Pewter Plough Playhouse in Cambria, California on May 1, 2009.

Characters

  • Casting: 5M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting, Room for Extras, Parts for Senior Actors, Features Teens, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Color blind casting

  • KARL - 40s; like a large, lazy bear. Prone to bouts of bitterness.
    LYLE - early 30s; upbeat, optimistic surfer type.
    MINDY - early 30's; high-minded; romantic; wound way too tight.
    GAIL - late 50's; stylish; controlling; very together.
    LESTER - 70's; wealthy; gruff; easily distracted.
    GINA - 17; a Goth Girl full of teen cynicism.
    RUSSELL - 28; a scruffy local.
    ALEX - 18; a cool kid without much direction.
    MISC CUSTOMERS AND COUPLES - Tourists mainly in the 20-40 range. They can be double-cast as necessary.

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    Sea Spray is a charming beach town, perfect for romantic getaways and cliff-side proposals. While tourists walk around with stars in their eyes, the locals take their lumps and watch their relationships fray and fizzle. Karl is a self-professed good guy who bought the little village dream for his wife, only to have her run off with the town aromatherapist. Now he's stuck with a quaint souvenir shop he never wanted, and the vengeful impulse to run it into the ground. As the local merchants scheme to drive Karl away, his bitter emporium becomes a safe haven for the romantically scarred men of Sea Spray.

    		$24.95

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