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Penguin Blues

  • Ethan Phillips
  • Short Play, Dramatic Comedy
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573623912

"One of the loveliest moments of emotional revelation I've seen in the theatre."

News of Delaware County

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Dramatic Comedy

  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes
This beautiful play by the star of TV's Benson wowed audiences and critics at the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays. 

A manic alcoholic who knows the score and a nun who denies that she is an alcoholic are at a rehabilitation center. In the moving climax, she finally acknowledges her problem and takes the painful first step towards sobriety.
REVIEWS:

"One of the loveliest moments of emotional revelation I've seen in the theatre."

 News of Delaware County

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 1F

  • ANGELITA - 55. She wears a polyester smock, plain skirt, black shoes. She is a good woman who has been lonely and cloistered much of her life. She is frightened and very anxious. She needs a drink.

  • GORDON - 35. He wears casual but expensive clothes. He is balding. He is a jester and has a difficult time with silence. He is nervous. He is angry, but the key word is likable. He tries to be nice. The attacks come almost in spite of himself. He needs a drink.

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    This beautiful play by the star of TV's Benson wowed audiences and critics at the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays. 

    A manic alcoholic who knows the score and a nun who denies that she is an alcoholic are at a rehabilitation center. In the moving climax, she finally acknowledges her problem and takes the painful first step towards sobriety.

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