Important Hats of the Twentieth Century
- Full Length Play, Science Fiction, Comedy, 1990s, 1930s
- 8M, 1F
- ISBN: 9780573705175
"Part sci-fi parody, part Ayn Rand spoof and 100% screwball comedy, Important Hats... leaves no punchline unpunched."
The Wall Street Journal
Description
- Full Length Play
- Science Fiction, Comedy
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: 1990s, 1930s
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Gun Shots, Strong Language
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Professional Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups
REVIEWS:
"Jones hilariously employs the clichés of Hollywood sci-fi and disaster films, complete with pseudoscientific jargon, a deranged villain, and an epic final battle in which the time-traveling convention really gets a workout. It's unapologetically silly fun..."
TheatreMania
"Part sci-fi parody, part Ayn Rand spoof and 100% screwball comedy, Important Hats... leaves no punchline unpunched."
The Wall Street Journal
"One of the most delightfully original comedies to show up in these parts for far too long a stretch."
The Huffington Post
Characters
- Casting: 8M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Expandable casting
- Casting Notes: The casting breakdown for 8 men and 1 woman is as follows:
Sam Greevy
T.B. Doyle
Paul Roms
Kern / French Corsair
MAN 1: Jonathan / Reporter 1 / Jay Gould / Roman Soldier
MAN 2: Doctor Cromwell / Winston Dirk / Brooks / Sheep Herder
MAN 3: Darryl / Billy Barnes / Man in Undershirt / Mutant Monster 1 / Fireman / Turk in Ottoman Empire
MAN 4: Jimmy the Button Man / Reporter 2 / Stan / Button Man / Mutant Monster 2 / Pedestrian / Abraham Lincoln / Professor Clark Stewart
WOMAN: Fanny / Bev / Margaret / Secretary / Noblewoman
T.B. BOYLE - mid thirties
PAUL ROMS - late twenties-early thirties
DARRYL - man in his early forties
BEV - a woman in her thirties
JONATHAN - a boy of 16
KERN - a New York cop, circa 1937
STAN - an Albany cop, circa 1998
BROOKS - an Albany copy, circa 1998
BILLY BARNES - the editor of the New York Tribune
REPORTER 1
REPORTER 2
FANNY - the nurse
MARGARET
SECRETARY
PEDESTRIAN
FIREMAN
PROFESSOR CLARK STEWART
MAN IN UNDERSHIRT
WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINE
JIMMY THE BUTTON MAN
DOCTOR CROMWELL
WINSTON DIRK - a radio announcer
JAY GOULD - another radio announcer
MUTANT MONSTER 1
MUTANT MONSTER 2
SMALL CHILD
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
18th CENTURY NOBLEWOMAN
BIBLICAL AGE SHEEP HERDER
TURN FROM THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
FRENCH CORSAIR
ROMAN SOLDIER
A BUTTERFLY - (puppet)
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Sam Greevy is the toast of 1920's women's apparel, until the maverick fashion designer Sam Roms springs his radical creations on the world. The Sweatshirt, The Track Suit, Skater Pants: the clothes he comes up with are as from another dimension, and maybe they are. As Greevy tries to adapt to rapidly changing fashions, a parallel drama unfolds in Albany, circa 1998: a teenage stoner keeps losing articles of clothing, and a man keeps bursting out of his closet and taking them. |
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