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Tradin' Paint

One night, on a deserted country road, Lucky Tibbs teaches Darla how to change a flat tire -- and in doing so, changes her life.

  • Full Length Play
  • Collection, Drama
  • 105 minutes

  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Area Staging

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student
Darla Frye is fraught with deep-seated insecurities. Her mother is dead, her boyfriend is delusional, and her job stocking auto parts is going nowhere fast. Then one night, on a deserted country road, Lucky Tibbs teaches Darla how to change a flat tire -- and in doing so, changes her life.

Now, Darla is on a quest to find her true destiny, a journey that takes her into the world of stock car racing and includes an unexpected friendship with a gay college professor, a head-on collision with a car battery, and a heavenly visit with the late Dale Earnhardt. It is one helluva ride with a lot of "tradin' paint," but Darla discovers that it's the bump in the road that makes the trip worthwhile. 

  • Casting: 6M, 2F

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Darla Frye is fraught with deep-seated insecurities. Her mother is dead, her boyfriend is delusional, and her job stocking auto parts is going nowhere fast. Then one night, on a deserted country road, Lucky Tibbs teaches Darla how to change a flat tireeand in doing so, changes her life. Now, Darla is on a quest to find her true destiny, a journey that takes her into the world of stock car racing and includes an unexpected friendship with a gay college professor, a head-on collision with a car battery, and a heavenly visit with the late Dale Earnhardt. It is one helluva ride with a lot of tradin' paint, but Darla discovers that it's the bump in the road that makes the trip worthwhile. Area staging. Approximate running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.

$19.95