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2023-24 Season
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Secret Hour by Jenny Stafford
Contract Dates: February 26 – March 24, 2024
Director: TBA
Is it possible to be your authentic self in a relationship if sharing your life with another person means having to compromise what you want? Like most married couples, Kate and Ben hold back being completely honest with each other to avoid conflict and feel loved. For fun, they invent a game called “terrible secret hour” where they each confess an unflattering truth and promise to love one another regardless. But is being truthful the same thing as being true to oneself? Thankfully, their wise and hilarious handyman has a life coach certificate and is happy to help them navigate life’s tough spots. Entertaining, humorous, poignant, and thoughtful, you’ll be talking about this provocative new play all the way home.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
KATE: late 30’s to early 40’s. Any ethnicity. An intelligent, witty, likable, and successful Ethics professor at a university, Kate is on a career path she is very excited about and uncertain if she wants to have a baby. She feels ethically conflicted about her inability to be fully truthful with her husband about not wanting a child.
BEN: late 30’s to 40’s. Any ethnicity. Kate’s husband. Likable, funny. He wants to become a dad. He lost the lucrative and successful career he had through a moment of bad personal judgment and is currently unfilled and working at Best Buy. He is hungry for a life-course correction in the form of a baby or a new job.
LEAF: male, 40’s. Any ethnicity. He is a handyman with a funny, stoner/surfer vibe who comes to fix Kate and Ben’s bathroom and stays for several months. Very “go-with-the-flow”, he lives in a treehouse and has recently completed a life-coach certification. He is deceptively wise.
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SIDES
Kate Side 1.pdf
Kate Side 2.pdf
Kate Callback 1.pdf
Kate Callback 2.pdf
Lunenburg by Norm Foster
Contract Dates: April 15 – May 12 , 2024
Director: TBA
It’s the perfect combination of mystery, comedy, and romance. When Iris’s husband is unexpectedly killed in a plane crash, her lawyer reveals she has inherited a beautiful home in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – that she never knew existed! Setting out from her home in Brunswick, Maine with her best friend in tow, she begins a laugh-filled, poignant road trip North to unravel the mystery of her husband’s secret life. What follows is a series of gasp-worthy surprises, powerful personal transformations, and lots of funny flirting between her best friend and new neighbor. Don’t miss this intelligent comedy about how we embrace change and learn to move forward.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN:
IRIS: 50’s. Any ethnicity. A grieving yet puzzled recent widow. Intelligent, strong, and loving, her life and future are transformed over the course of the play as she discovers her husband’s secret life with a second wife. She gracefully and humorously learns to make peace with the uncertainty of her future.
NATALIE: 50’s. Any ethnicity. Estranged and going through a rough patch with her beloved daughter due to initiating a divorce from her now ex-husband, she is in the process of reinventing her life hoping to become the confident, creative, and carefree woman she has always wanted to be. She is humorously torn between being a good friend and consoling Iris and her attraction to Charlie.
CHARLIE: 50’s. Any ethnicity. A charming rogue, he has a wealth of real feeling and appreciation for life hidden beneath his veneer of nonchalance. Divorced and somewhat estranged from his grown son, he is an intelligent man who has chosen to ignore any sadness in his life and to focus instead on the quiet joys of living exactly where and how he wants to. He is attracted to and intrigued by Natalie.
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