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5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Opportunity for Spectacle.

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Winner! 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival, Best Overall Production

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town? 
REVIEWS:

"It's raw and magnetic dementia seems destined to attract a cult following."

 The New York Times

"A cult hit... gleaming with comic polish."

 Time Out New York

"I wouldn't be surprised if 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, like The 39 Steps, becomes a mainstream favorite of theater troupes around the country... skillfully, lovingly, and deliciously prepared."

 Chicago Stage Standard

"Expanded from an award-winning sketch, this wonderfully ridiculous scenario delivers what it promises. This ensemble piece is smart, sharp and hysterically funny."

 Time Out Chicago

"A delectable portrait of sublimated Sapphism... [5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche] dishes up high-spirited theatrical comfort food with a bit of a saucy kick."

 Chicago Tribune

"The bitingly funny story of friendship, pastry and forbidden love has the audience in stitches."

 Vancouver Sun

Premiere Production: 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche was first presented by The New Colony, under Co-Artistic directors Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder and producing director Will Rogers, at Dank Haus in Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 2011. It was directed by Sarah Gitenstein. This production was subsequently presented in New York City at the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival, before transferring to the SoHo Playhouse, Off-Broadway, on October 20, 2012.

Characters

  • Casting: 5F
  • Casting Notes: Though Dale and Ginny are the youngest of the five officers, the ladies can vary in age.
  • Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)

LULIE STANWYCK - President

WREN ROBIN - Events chairwoman

VERONICA "VERN" SCHULTZ - Buildings and grouds chairman

GINNY CADBURY - Secretary

DALE PRIST - Historian

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Winner! 2012 NYC International Fringe Festival, Best Overall Production

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. Will they be able to keep their cool when Communists threaten their idyllic town?

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