Comedy/ 9 characters, 6 men, 3 women/ Full Length, Two Acts
Synopsis: Alan arrives late to the palatial home of Gregory Fisher Franklin Heines and his wife, Wex. Gregory is artistic director of Xanadu Theatre in Seattle. Alan has been offered the position of Equity stage manager by phone, and has just driven up from Los Angeles to start work on a package production of Plaza Suite featuring the legendary comedienne Hermione Vana and her husband Duke Donahue.
What he walks into is a cast of characters who drink heavily, lie frequently, scheme without shame, listen to no one, and generally take advantage of his eagerness to please.
Among them is an attractive stage carpenter upon whom Alan develops an immediate crush, and his early instincts to flee are put on hold. But as he stays, reality turns surreal, lives turn inside out, and he ends up being given the theatre to do with as he pleases.
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David Zarko
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About the Playwright: David Zarko was founding artistic director of The Metropolitan Playhouse of New York (1991 through 2000), then producing artistic director of Scranton, Pennsylvania’s Electric Theatre Company until 2011. He has over 90 professional directing credits plus more than 50 in academic theatre, and has taught (and directed) at C.W. Post L.I.U., American Academy of Dramatic Arts NY, Marywood University, and others. He is also a produced playwright, occasional actor, and a member of The Dramatists Guild and Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
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