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New York Minute, A

  • Michele Palermo
  • Short Play, Dramatic Comedy, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: SFNY-12755

This acclaimed play is about friends separated by death.

  • Short Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! Five Drama Logue Awards including Best Writing
This acclaimed play is about friends separated by death. Harry was thirty two when he ended his life in front of a subway train. As Melissa packs up his apartment, his ghost helps her make an important discovery. An intense melange of comedy and tragedy, this piece challenges creative minds and includes excellent material for scenes and monologues.

Published in Other Half.

Premiere Production: A New York Minute premiered at the Gardner Stage in Hollywood, CA, on October 4, 1991.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F

  • HARRY CONNER
    MELISSA BURNS
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    Two Plays written by Michele Palermo.

    A New York Minute - an acclaimed play about friends separated by death: Harry was thirty two when he ended his life in front of a subway train. As Melissa packs up his apartment, his ghost helps her make an important discovery. An intense melange of comedy and tragedy, this piece challenges creative minds and includes excellent material for scenes and monologues.

    Labor Pains - an award winning comedy about the dubious honor of being a parent: a couple is caught off guard by the early onset of labor. They are not quite ready for this challenge and a delightful battle of the sexes ensues. This slice of life is as moving as it is comical with some marvelous material for scenes and monologues.

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