Big Meal, The
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 4M, 4F
- ISBN: 9780573700620
"A life-in-overdrive comic drama... Dan LeFranc's snappy dialogue captures the tumultuous tenor of family gatherings."
The New York Times
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Alcohol
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
- Accolades:
- Winner! 2010 New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award
Winner! 2012 Lucille Lortel Award - Outstanding Director - Sam Gold
Nominee! 2012 Lucille Lortel Award - Outstanding Play
REVIEWS:
"A life-in-overdrive comic drama... Dan LeFranc's snappy dialogue captures the tumultuous tenor of family gatherings."
The New York Times
"Intimate and exhilarating... The expert ensemble [makes] their merry-go-round of characters feel both universal and tenderly specific."
The New Yorker
"The service is excellent."
New York Magazine
"Packed with humanity and humor, The Big Meal dishes up laughs and tears."
New York Daily News
"Ambitious and impressive... You will be amazed."
Time Out New York
"Sharp and stunning...Touching and engrossing...You'll recognize something of yourself or your family members in these people."
Associated Press
"Ingeniously constructed...The ensemble work is impeccable."
Variety
"A fine new American play -- willing to cut to the chase and cut you to the quick."
Chicago Tribune
The Big Meal had its world premiere produced by the American Theatre company in Chicago on March 3, 2011. The performance was directed by Dexter Bullard.
The Big Meal had its New York premiere produced by Playwrights Horizons at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater on March 21, 2012. The performance was directed by Sam Gold.
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 4F
- Casting Attributes: Roles for Children
- Casting Notes: Eight actors total, playing a host of 26 characters. Three men. Three women. A boy and a girl. The server is probably a stagehand.
NICOLE (Older Woman)
ALICE - Sam's mother
WOMAN #2 (Woman)
NICOLE (Woman)
MADDIE - Sam & Nicole's daughter (Woman)
JACKIE - Robbie & Stephanie's daughter
WOMAN #3 (Young Woman)
NICOLE (Young Woman)
JESSICA - a gentle soul
MADDIE - Sam & Nicole's daughter (Young Woman)
STEPHANIE - Robbie's wife (Young Woman)
JACKIE - Robbie & Stephanie's daughter (Young Woman)
GIRL
PESKY LITTLE GIRL
MADDIE - Sam & Nicole's daughter (Girl)
JACKIE - Robbie & Stephanie's daughter (Girl)
MAN #1 (Older Man)
Sam (Older Man)
ROBERT - Sam's father
JACK - Stephanie's father
MAN #2 (Man)
SAM (Man)
ROBBIE - Sam & Nicole's son (Man)
MAN #3 (Young Man)
SAM (Young Man)
ROBBIE - Sam & Nicole's son (Young Man)
MADDIE'S ADOLESCENT BOYFRIENDS - Steven, Marcus, Jeremy, Patrick, Michael
SAMMY - Maddie's son (Young Man)
BOY
PESKY LITTLE BOY
ROBBIE - Sam & Nicole's son (Boy)
SAMMY - Maddie's son (Boy)
MATTHEW - Jackie's son
Available Material
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Big Meal, The Script
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Somewhere in America, in a typical suburban restaurant on a typical night, Sam and Nicole first meet. Sparks fly. And so begins an expansive tale that traverses five generations of a modern family, from first kiss to final goodbye. A stunning, big-hearted play that spans nearly eighty years in roughly ninety minutes, The Big Meal tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary family. |
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