Women Behind Bars
- Full Length Play, Dark Comedy
- 1M, 9F
- ISBN: 9780573618130
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Dark Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bage Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: Mild Adult Themes
In this hilarious satire on B-movies of the 1950's, Mary Eleanor, an innocent duped into crime, lands in the Greenwich Village Woman's House of Detention, presided over by a massive matron with a taste for sadism and female flesh as our heroine, now Caged in the Big House, learns about life The Hard Way.
Premiere Production:
Women Behind Bars premiered at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City in May 1975 under the direction of Ron Link.
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 9F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast
THE MATRON - The evil that men are.
LOUISE - Everyone hates Louise including Louise. BLANCHE - A butterfly waiting for her Streetcar. JO-JO - Harlem's answer to Edward G. Robinson. CHERI - The big blonde. Her morals were low, but her price was high. GRANNY (SARAH LEE CROCKER) - The religious old lady with a chip on her tongue. (Also plays warden) GLORIA - A real Camel girl. She'll walk a mile to the chair. ADA - Too much speed has slowed her down. GUADALUPE - San Juan's greatest export. MARY-ELEANOR - The innocent destroyed by the system.Available Material
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In this hilarious satire on B-movies of the 1950's, Mary Eleanor, an innocent duped into crime, lands in the Greenwich Village Woman's House of Detention, presided over by a massive matron with a taste for sadism and female flesh as our heroine, now Caged in the Big House, learns about life The Hard Way. |
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