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Less Said, the Better

  • Jason Milligan
  • Short Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 2M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573628689

Published in Here, There, and Everywhere.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
Commissioned by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, this site-specific comedy originally premiered in an actual train station! Two eccentric hit men grumble about having to work on New Year's Eve. Their assignment: to "take care of" an enchanting female traveler. Are these tough guys up to the task?

Published in Here, There, and Everywhere.

Premiere Production: Less Said, the Better was originally commissioned by Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey and performed in a commuter train station on December 31, 1994 as part of Morristown, New Jersey's First Night Celebration. The play was directed by John Pietrowski.
  • Casting: 2M, 1F

  • SAMMY - a Mafia soldier
    RALPH - Sammy's partner and friend
    CLARICE - an attractive woman