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Bums

Bums is a series of portraits of contemporary nomads, the street people of our world.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy

  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival
Broadway Vis is a panhandler who shuffles all around. He says people ask him how come he don't get himself a job; and he replies, "Now, I ask you, if I come into your office and ask you for a job, you gonna give me one?"

Mary, on the other hand, is a bag lady, jealous of the secrets she hides in her bags, secrets she is certain everyone is trying to steal from her. There is also a male hustler, and others, all pungent characterizations, on the mark and deeply moving.

Published in Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 14th Series.

  • Casting: 4M, 1F

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Broadway Vis is a panhandler who shuffles all around. He says people ask him how come he don't get himself a job; and he replies, "Now, I ask you, if I come into your office and ask you for a job, you gonna give me one?"

Mary, on the other hand, is a bag lady, jealous of the secrets she hides in her bags, secrets she is certain everyone is trying to steal from her. There is also a male hustler, and others, all pungent characterizations, on the mark and deeply moving.

Published in Off-Off Broadway Festival Plays, 14th Series.

$24.95