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This Has Been Some Day

  • Henry Meyerson
  • Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573660399

A coffee house may not be the perfect place to hold a wake.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Shoestring Budget
A coffee house may not be the perfect place to hold a wake.

Published in the collection Fresh Brewed: Tales From the Coffee Bar.

Premiere Production: THIS HAS BEEN SOME DAY premiered at Avery Point Playhouse, 1999, directed by James Alexander Bond. It was presented at The Producers Club, 2000, again directed by James Alexander Bond, Midtown International Theatre Festival, 2000, directed by Charles Armesto.
  • Casting: 2M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Color blind casting

ETHEL - 50s; mother to KAREN, MARVIN and HARVEY; can be played by a younger actress if actor wears a wig.
KAREN - 20s
MARVIN - 20s
HARVEY - 20s