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Open Hand, The

  • Robert Caisley
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573705502

"Caisley excels at placing evocatively drawn characters in situations of social and personal conflict, all the while mixing comedy with angst, then mining the dramatic results."

Arts Knoxville

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Allison does not accept gifts. Not even on her birthday. Not even from her fiance. So when she finds herself without her wallet and unable to pay the tab for an expensive lunch with a friend, it is with great reluctance that she accepts the generosity of a total stranger. Determined to repay his kindness, Allison comes face-to-face with the dark secrets that drive her inability to accept even the simplest act of benevolence.
REVIEWS:

"Caisley excels at placing evocatively drawn characters in situations of social and personal conflict, all the while mixing comedy with angst, then mining the dramatic results."

 Arts Knoxville

"You'll laugh a lot and leave thinking about benevolence and kindness, loneliness and redemption."

 Knoxville News Sentinel

Premiere Production: The Open Hand premiered at the Clarence Brown Theatre in Knoxville, TN in March 2016 under the direction of Calvin MacLean.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F

  • ALLISON - late twenties, early thirties
    JACK - her fiance, late twenties, early thirties
    FREYA - her friend, late twenties, early thirties
    TODD - Freya's husband, late twenties, early thirties
    DAVID NATHAN BRIGHT - an elegant man in his fifties

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    Allison does not accept gifts. Not even on her birthday. Not even from her fiance. So when she finds herself without her wallet and unable to pay the tab for an expensive lunch with a friend, it is with great reluctance that she accepts the generosity of a total stranger. Determined to repay his kindness, Allison comes face-to-face with the dark secrets that drive her inability to accept even the simplest act of benevolence.

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