Making God Laugh
- Full Length Play, Comedy, Drama
- 3M, 2F
- ISBN: ps2638
Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years' worth of holidays.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Comedy, Drama
- 130 minutes
- Target Audience: Adult, Senior
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre
The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we often arrive at unexpected destinations.
As Woody Allen once said, "If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans..."
REVIEWS:
"A gem of comic relief...this new heartwarming comedy has everything going for it. Making God Laugh has a dramatic and honest story of real people layered with a hoot of hilarity, yet the show is so meaningful that one has tears of joy by the show's end."
Betty Mohr, Chicago Sun Times
"Grennan proves himself to be a master of the back-and-forth of dialogue... This is a story of life's changes of direction, the role reversals of parents and children, the primacy of the reality of now versus the memories of the past and the predictions of the future, and the importance of a family breaking bread together."
J. Scott Hill, Chicago Stage Review
Characters
- Casting: 3M, 2F
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Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years' worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill's grown children -- a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star -- all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives. The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we often arrive at unexpected destinations. |
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