Birthday Boy
- Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day
- 2M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573701092
What happens when there's a sudden connection between two people that cannot be pursued? A celebration of the messy, imperfect, life that being a husband, a wife, a father, a mother, all entails in order to evolve into the grownups we're meant to be.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Dramatic Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Birthday Boy is about what happens when there's a sudden connection between two people that if pursued could interfere with a life that has been going along just fine; about the paths we choose to take and those we choose not to; the commitments we do honor, the worthwhile sacrifices we must make.
In short, a celebration of the messy, imperfect, life that being a husband, a wife, a father, a mother, all entails in order to evolve into the grownups we're meant to be.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Color blind casting
MELORA - About to turn thirty, a colleague of Matt's
ARIANNE - Matt's wife
JULIAN MOODY - Student of Arianne's, in his twenties
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Matt returns from a break at work to the company lunch room, where he meets new employee Melora. A spark ignites almost immediately, but the blossoming friendship is still subject to life's realities of age, responsibility, and commitment. Meanwhile Matt's wife Arianne has plans for a celebratory evening at home that get interrupted by an unintentional spark of her own. Birthday Boy is about what happens when there's a sudden connection between two people that if pursued could interfere with a life that has been going along just fine; about the paths we choose to take and those we choose not to; the commitments we do honor, the worthwhile sacrifices we must make. In short, a celebration of the messy, imperfect, life that being a husband, a wife, a father, a mother, all entails in order to evolve into the grownups we're meant to be. |
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