Beau Jest
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780573692086
A light, sweet romantic comedy.
Chicago Tribune
Hilarious and quite moving. Sherman wonderfully blends farce with a genuine insight.
Chicago Sun Times
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Appropriate for all audiences
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, College Theatre / Student
She tells them she is dating a Jewish doctor and they insist on meeting him. She plans a dinner party and, over the heated protests of Chris, employs an escort service to send her a Jewish date to be Dr. Steinberg.
Instead, they send Bob Schroeder, an aspiring actor who agrees to perform the impersonation. Happily, he is extremely convincing in the role and Sarah's parents are enraptured. Soon, even Sarah falls for Bob.
REVIEWS:
A light, sweet romantic comedy.
Chicago Tribune
Hilarious and quite moving. Sherman wonderfully blends farce with a genuine insight.
Chicago Sun Times
Very funny...The well crafted play has a lot to say about nuclear families of any ethnic persuasion.
Wall Street Journal
Beau Jest premiered at the Victory Gardens Theater on November 16, 1989 under the direction of Dennis Zacek.
Beau Jest, produced by Arthur Cantor, Carol Ostrow, and Libby Adler Mages, premiered at the Lamb's Theatre in New York on October 10, 1991.
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
CHRIS - her boyfriend
BOB - her escort
JOEL - her brother
MIRIAM - her mother
ABE - her father
Available Material
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Beau Jest Script
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Sarah is a nice Jewish girl with a problem: her parents want her married to a nice Jewish boy. They have never met her boyfriend, a WASP executive named Chris Kringle. She tells them she is dating a Jewish doctor and they insist on meeting him. She plans a dinner party and, over the heated protests of Chris, employs an escort service to send her a Jewish date to be Dr. Steinberg. Instead, they send Bob Schroeder, an aspiring actor who agrees to perform the impersonation. Happily, he is extremely convincing in the role and Sarah's parents are enraptured. Soon, even Sarah falls for Bob. |
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