Commencing
- Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2F
- ISBN: 9780573663437
The beautiful Kelli can't wait for the blind date her friends have set her up on. Until it turns out to be one very disappointed lesbian named Arlin.
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Description
- Short Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 60 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
The beautiful Kelli can't wait for the blind date her friends have set her up on. Until it turns out to be one very disappointed lesbian named Arlin. Mutually appalled, yet appallingly intrigued, they proceed to pull the screws loose on both straight and gay women's culture, to find the common ground beneath in the search for love and self.
Published in KickAss Plays For Women.
Published in KickAss Plays For Women.
I've seen two great one-acts in my life, [Edward Albee's] Zoo Story and this play.
NYTheatre.com
Premiere Production:
Commencing originally premiered at the HERE space in New York City, in February, 1996. It was directed by Michael Warren Powell.
Characters
- Casting: 2F
- Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), All Female
- Casting Notes: This play features one role for a straight woman and one role for a gay woman. The characters in this play can be cast with actresses anywhere in age from 20s to 50s. But the actresses should be similar in age.
ARLIN - a smarty funny, quick and occasionally bombastic lesbian who is in recovery; prone to rants
