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Curtain Up!

  • Peter Quilter
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 5F
  • ISBN: 9780573130144

The hilarious story of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again. A fast-paced and very funny comedy with five great roles for women.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Reader's Theatre
Based on the author's earlier Respecting Your Piers, Curtain Up! is the hilarious story of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again.

They try various fund-raising schemes but their most ambitious is to hold a concert featuring local talent and a world-famous star who agrees to appear for no fee! However, their plans go awry and it's a race to keep their audience from guessing the truth of the matter.

A fast-paced and very funny comedy with five great roles for women.

REVIEWS:

"A mad play, full of dynamism, momentum, funny dialogue and great surprises... Proves that purely female plays can achieve great success and lots of laughter... Well worth seeing - you can be assured of great entertainment."

 Topzine Magazine

Premiere Production: World premiere tour in the UK in 2004.
  • Casting: 5F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), All Female

  • THERESA - mid/late 20s
    SHARON - a full-figured gothic punk, 20s
    PAM - Theresa's mother
    BETTY - Theresa's grandmother
    JACKIE - slim, sporty, late 30s
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    Based on the author's earlier Respecting Your Piers, Curtain Up! is the hilarious story of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again.

    They try various fund-raising schemes but their most ambitious is to hold a concert featuring local talent and a world-famous star who agrees to appear for no fee! However, their plans go awry and it's a race to keep their audience from guessing the truth of the matter.

    A fast-paced and very funny comedy with five great roles for women.

    $24.95