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Scruples

  • Jon Jory
  • 10 Minute Play, Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 1M, 4F
  • ISBN: 9780573693076

Scruples takes place in the waiting room of a huge casting office where three young women await their final callback for a commercial advertising sexy pantyhose.

  • 10 Minute Play
  • Comedy
  • 10 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult, Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
Scruples takes place in the waiting room of a huge casting office where three young women, Lois, Marti, and Jane anxiously await their final callback for a commercial advertising sexy pantyhose. A tense argument ensues between the women until the extravagant executive, Mrs. Dobbs, strides and and prepares the actresses for their audition.

Published in the collection More Ten-Minute Plays from the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Vol. 2.

REVIEWS:

"The dynamic between the three women is definitely a high point of Scruples."

 The Phillipian Online

Premiere Production: Scruples premiered at the Actors Theatre of Louisville on December 11, 1989 under the direction of Bob Krakower.
  • Casting: 1M, 4F

  • LOIS
    JANE
    MARTI
    MRS. DOBBS
    MR. SKILES