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Rome Is Where the Heart Is

In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why.

  • One Act
  • Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Exterior Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary
In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why.

Charinus is a nice Roman boy who has fallen in love with a slave girl. Unfortunately, so has his father, and his dad has more money. But Dad has to be careful Mom doesn't find out, so he seeks the help of a neighbor. Eventually the wives straighten out the husbands and the lovers are united, but not before an incredible series of mistaken identities, confusions, pratfalls and comic disasters. 

  • Casting: 7M, 7F
  • Casting Attributes: Flexible casting

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In comedy, all roads lead to Rome and Plautus, and this lively, modern adaptation suggests why. Charinus is a nice Roman boy who has fallen in love with a slave girl. Unfortunately, so has his father, and his dad has more money. But Dad has to be careful Mom doesn't find out, so he seeks the help of a neighbor. Eventually the wives straighten out the husbands and the lovers are united, but not before an incredible series of mistaken identities, confusions, pratfalls and comic disasters. One ext. set.

$19.95