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Lizards

A near-drowning accident sends Phoebe into a tailspin as she turns away from her marriage and toward her rescuer. Science teacher Victor loses his job and meets an unusual girl all in one day. While Ronnie is deciding whether to tell her newly single roommate Sebastian how she really feels.

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
A near-drowning accident sends Phoebe into a tailspin as she turns away from her marriage and toward her rescuer. Science teacher Victor loses his job and meets an unusual girl all in one day. While Ronnie is deciding whether to tell her newly single roommate Sebastian how she really feels. Through a masterful web of intertwined storylines and relationships, Lizards... tells the tale of six twentysomethings adapting to stress - and on the brink of change.

Premiere Production:

The 1st draft of Beirut Rocks was given two public readings at The Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC, July, 2006, in an evening entitled The Middle East: In Pieces. A revised draft was performed at Theatre Row, NYC, January, 2007.

  • Casting: 3M, 3F

  • PHEOBE - 23, married, Valium addict, lost
    JESSE - 23, Pheobe's husband, passive aggressive, a fixer
    MALLORY - 26, shy, nervous, making a big change
    SEBASTIAN - 25, laid back, pothead, thinks he's a loser
    RONNIE - 25, Punk, sassy, former Jersey girl, in love with Sebastian
    VICTOR - 28, nervous, sweet, making a big change
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    A near-drowning accident sends Phoebe into a tailspin as she turns away from her marriage and toward her rescuer. Science teacher Victor loses his job and meets an unusual girl all in one day. While Ronnie is deciding whether to tell her newly single roommate Sebastian how she really feels. Through a masterful web of intertwined storylines and relationships, Lizards... tells the tale of six twentysomethings adapting to stress - and on the brink of change.

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