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Charaters: 3 male, 6 female One Interior/Exterior Set A historical drama that explores Edgar Degas' scandalous visit to New Orleans in 1872. Edgar Degas, the French Impressionist painter, is torn between helping his relatives in America and pursuing a career as a painter. Fame and family obligations come to a head when he discovers he is still in love with his sister-in-law, who is now pregnant and blind. As Edgar struggles with his own ethical conundrum, he discovers that his aggressively charming brother has gone through all the family money in an attempt to save his uncle's sugar business.
Full Length, Southern Comedy Characters: 2 male, 3 female Unit set Property is a contemporary romantic comedy set in a Garden District mansion in New Orleans. Rooster Dubonnet, a young artist suffering from a terminal disease, is dazzled by love. Raised by an imperious society-driven mother, he has fallen in love with a New-Age nurse. Set during Mardi Gras--when a whole tradition of fun, revelry, and prestige seizes the city-- Rooster is caught between his dedication to his family's past (and "property") and his own very different future. Also available in Ghosts of New Orleans.
Full Length, Comedy Characters: 5 male, 4 female One integrated int/ext set. John Singer Sargent, an up-and-coming American artist, is eager to collaborate on a portrait that would catapult him and Madame X, the most beautiful woman in Paris, to the pinnacle of society. With its revelations about Madame X's identity and an eyebrow-raising cast of characters, including Richard Wagner, Oscar Wilde, Henry James, Sarah Bernhardt, and Dr. Samuel Pozzi (Madame X's notorious gynecologist/lover), this romantic comedy exposes the tale of beauty, infatuation, obsession, and betrayal that lies behind Sargent and Madame X's masterpiece. Also available in Ghosts of New Orleans
Character: 1 female In this play, Marilyn confronts voices in her head to validate her life as an actress. She finds in the afterlife that she must audition and interview to get into heaven and that her judges are her enemies and aborted children. Along the way she is confused and intrigued by the signs she must follow to climb her way into heaven. The play explores the multi-levels of complexity of cult goddess Marilyn Monroe--her vulnerability, anger, and loneliness and the ways that American culture and the worship of beauty and fame shaped, aborted and forwarded her rise to stardom. In the afterlife she relives three painful scenes from her life and a life review and strains to justify her choices to male unsympathetic judges as well as shocking people from her past.
Full Length, Historical Comedy Characters: 3 male, 4 female Interior Uncle Victor is a historical comedy inspired by the classic Russian play, Uncle Vanya, by Anton Chekhov. In this version O'Neill takes the structure of Uncle Vanya and some characters and places them on Waverly Plantation in 1899 Louisiana. While the dialogue and characters are typically Southern, the Louisiana story perfectly parallels the situation of turn-of-the century Russia, where a new urban economy was destroying the country's agrarian base. While Russians were suffering from typhoid and peasants were going hungry, Southerners were dying from yellow fever and displaced farmers were starving. In Uncle Victor, the Mallory family, running Waverly Sugar Plantation, confronts a totally changed Louisiana. Also available in Ghosts of New Orleans.
Full Length, Southern Comedy Characters: 1 male, 3 female Unit Set Blaine Ashton, a medical student in his mid-twenties from a prominent New Orleans family, has fallen in love with a middle-aged actress and is getting married, much to the chagrin of his mentally disturbed sister and his eccentric, alcoholic old Aunt. His Aunt forces him to take care of his sister after he's married and all the southern belles in the household are almost too much to bear. The histrionics never stop as the women compete for Malter's love and attention. Ultimately, an uneasy truce is called once a baby is born and Christmas rolls around, but continued craziness is undoubtedly in their future. Especially powerful roles for women. Also available in A Louisiana Gentleman and other New Orleans Comedies
Full Length, Southern Comedy Characters: 3 male, 2 female Interior The Mississippi Gulf Coast estate of Irene Dubbonet is an unforgetable place to visit, but who would want to live there? All of her relatives, who hope to inherit it! This is a play about manipulation and what happens to family members' dreams when the odds are stacked against them. A cloud of doom hangs over Serenity Manor, until at last, virtue triumphs. Irene's son, the artist, Rooster, deeply anxious to prove himself, connives a scheme to help his "down and out" brother-in-law seize the estate. Funny situations sparked by witty lines bring the audience into an intriguing overview of topsy-turvy privileged life today. Also available in A Louisiana Gentleman and other New Orleans Comedies.
Full Length, Southern Comedy CharacterS: 2 male, 4 female Unit Set Blackjack follows an eccentric Southern family as it is squeezed into the close quarters of a Mississippi cruise ship for the New Year's holiday. Kaitlyn is convinced that she is channeling the poet Baudelaire, and certain that her husband is having an affair with a larger-than-life ship entertainer. Irene, the matriarch of the family, suspects a rift in her daughter's marriage. Her sexy maid sets her sights on the grandson, a successful Southern rock star. Everyone dons costumes for New Year's Eve, casting off their old identities and trying on new loves. Also available in A Louisiana Gentleman and other New Orleans Comedies
Wings of Madness: Short Play, Southern Drama Characters: 1 female Interior Set Set in a tacky funeral parlor on a highway outside New Orleans, a murdered beauty taunts the audience, exposing her bare unshrouded back, and explaining why she was murdered. Other imaginary characters--her husband and daughter--add an eerie quality to her already surreal tale.Turtle Soup: Short Play, Southern Comedy Characters: 1 male, 1 female Interior Set A young woman fights for her inheritance. Her "dying" uncle mocks her life, as well as that of her actor husband. A tirade occurs over Turtle Soup that culminates in its spillage and her Uncle's guffaws over his prank. He reminds her that it's April first --All Fools Day--and he is playing a joke on her.
Short Play, Drama Characters: 1 male One exterior set or bare stage A young writer faces love, death, and the challenges of creating a joyful life. Setting: Rocky coast of Ireland in the 1930's.
Full Length, Comedy Characters: 2 male, 2 female Unit Set This contemporary Southern romance set in the topsy-turvy world of art. Celebrity artist Susann is determined to reclaim her lost love, Blaise, now married to a sedate New Orleans socialite. Convinced that she cannot live without him, Susann arranges an exhibition of her works to be held in his new house. Susann's readiness to sacrifice her career, his new wife, and her Mama's boy manager leave Blaise both angry and aroused. Theatrical excitement abounds in this comedy of love vs. duty. Also available in A Louisiana Gentleman and other New Orleans Comedies.
"As playgoers hear the voices in Marilyn Monroe's head and
encounter seven visitors to James Dean, they must rethink their
relationships with cultural icons. As they ride through a Louisiana
swamp in the middle of a hurricane, they must rethink their own
lives and losses. O'Neill can somehow enable her audiences to laugh
uproariously while re-examining the lies they have been telling
themselves. Rosary O'Neill's third volume of plays certainly provides ample
evidence of the playwright's versatility and artistic fertility. As
our resident dramatist, our 112 year-old institution is so proud we
have this gifted artist at this period of world history that has
never needed more the power of theatre to confront, alert, and
awaken. Rosary's work has scope: From her Southern Gothic roots, her
epic collection of plays about a dysfunctional Louisiana family, to
that Boulevard of broken dreams, Hollywood. Finally on to her great
insights into the worlds of other great artists of the past, Rosary
leaves no stone unturned.
Sex, money and decadence among the upper classes in contemporary New Orleans.
Both anthologies are about New Orleans: the past and the present.
This author has grown up in this city, and there is a certain
timelessness about it - the past definitely influences the present.
All the plays are permeated with the sensuousness, decadence and
bewilderment of brave and driven people living in chaos, confusion,
extreme pleasure and delight. I hope you get a taste of this rich
jambalaya of life as you experience these plays.
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