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$38,000 For A Friendly Face

  • Kristin Shepherd
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 1M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573652295

$38,000 For A Friendly Face takes place in our time in a small town where Bronwyn Bain lived out the last years of her life. Her two daughters, Jane and Annie, arrive less than enthusiastically for their mother's Celebration of Life.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Senior Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! 2007 Samuel French Canadian Playwrights Contest
$38,000 For A Friendly Face takes place in our time, in a small town where Bronwyn Bain lived out the last years of her life. Her two daughters, Jane and Annie, arrive less than enthusiastically for their mother's Celebration of Life, not having seen their mother in years. The town's funeral home is run by Matt, who struggles to create a decent ending for Bronwyn and her daughters, and by The Last Supper Committee, a number of women responsible for the meals for funeral events.

Preparations for the Celebration of Life deteriorate on every front. It becomes apparent that Bronwyn Bain was not well loved, and that there may be no guests.

In the kitchen, The Last Supper Committee members, along with Alison, a young woman who does not leave after delivering flowers, hurl toward their own meal-destroying confrontations around the subject of death.

The Celebration is saved, initially, by the storytelling of Alison and The Last Supper Committee. In the end, however, the day is saved by the understanding that none of us gets it right—in life or death.

Premiere Production: $38,000 for a Friendly Face was first produced at Nipissing University Theatre, North Bay, Ontario, in May 2005. It was produced by The Gateway Theatre Guild and Claire Powers and directed by June Keevil.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Expandable casting, Room for Extras
  • Casting Notes: The primary cast includes one man, three women between 40 and 65, and one woman between 17 and 25. The deliveries may be made by optional extras. In the original production, an organist played on stage.

  • MATT - 40-65
    ESTHER - 40-65
    MARGE - 50-65
    PHYL - 50-60
    JANE - 25-45
    ANNIE - Jane's sister, is 25-45
    ALISON - 17-25

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    $38,000 For A Friendly Face takes place in our time, in a small town where Bronwyn Bain lived out the last years of her life. Her two daughters, Jane and Annie, arrive less than enthusiastically for their mother's Celebration of Life, not having seen their mother in years. The town's funeral home is run by Matt, who struggles to create a decent ending for Bronwyn and her daughters, and by The Last Supper Committee, a number of women responsible for the meals for funeral events. Preparations for the Celebration of Life deteriorate on every front. It becomes apparent that Bronwyn Bain was not well loved, and that there may be no guests. In the kitchen, The Last Supper Committee members, along with Alison, a young woman who does not leave after delivering flowers, hurl toward their own meal-destroying confrontations around the subject of death. The Celebration is saved, initially, by the storytelling of Alison and The Last Supper Committee. In the end, however, the day is saved by the understanding that none of us gets it right—in life or death.

    		$24.95

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