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Blind Date

  • Peter Quilter
  • Short Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573111112

Jonathan and Wendy meet through a magazine lonely hearts column and arrange to go on a blind date with a difference: it takes place in Jonathan's living room.

  • Short Play
  • Comedy
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult, Senior
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Senior Theatre
Jonathan and Wendy meet through a magazine lonely hearts column and arrange to go on a blind date with a difference: it takes place in Jonathan's living room. Neither of them has particularly high hopes, having had bad romantic experiences in the past, but gradually they overcome their nerves and awkwardness and agree to make it a proper date over dinner.

This play may be performed individually or as the first act in Duets, a comedy in four acts.

REVIEWS:

"This bittersweet quick-change comedy is streaked with pathos and is effortlessly charming, with each character sketched with verve and skill."

 Sydney Morning Herald

"Quilter's understanding of human desires and quirks is on show and probed so endearingly... A warm and funny exploration of love and other bruises."

 Daily Telegraph

"Compelling, dense, funny and varied... The language is always beautifully rendered, character-specific, and emotionally satisfying... a play to be treasured!"

 Atlanta Theater Review

Premiere Production: Premiered in 2009 at the Ensemble Theatre in Sydney, Australia. The show has since been performed in over 20 countries.
  • Casting: 1M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Parts for Senior Actors, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

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Jonathan and Wendy meet through a magazine lonely hearts column and arrange to go on a blind date with a difference: it takes place in Jonathan's living room. Neither of them has particularly high hopes, having had bad romantic experiences in the past, but gradually they overcome their nerves and awkwardness and agree to make it a proper date over dinner.

This play may be performed individually or as the first act in Duets, a comedy in four acts.

$24.95