Other
plays we are considering...
Rumours by Neil Simon
Sex, Love and the IRS by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore
The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry
The play was first produced on Broadway with Katherine Hepburn
in the lead. Then in 1940 it came out as a movie again with Hepburn.
In 1956 it was produced as "High Society" with Grace Kelly
in the lead role. "The Philadelphia Story" is a great
favourite with audiences.
Romantic
Comedy
by Bernard Slade
Bernard Slade is well known as a writer for television (Partridge
Family) and films. One of his most popular plays was "Same
Time, Next Year".
In
Romantic Comedy, Jason Carmichael, an arrogant but very successful
co-writer of romantic comedies teams up with Phoebe Craddock, a
mousy, star-struck Vermont school teacher. The humour in the play
comes from the fact that although Jason and Phoebe come to realize
that there is more to their relationship than work, they are never
free to act on their feelings. When Phoebe is available, Jason is
married. When Jason gets divorced- Phoebe is married. It is a lighthearted
story of love and friendship.
Ah
Wilderness
by Eugene O'Neil
Ah
Wilderness takes place over the July 4th weekend in a small
Connecticut town. Mother and Father, their three teenage children,
her bachelor brother and his unmarried sister are all gathered to
celebrate the event. This is the background for the tender story
of first love, old love, growing pains and family values. There
is none of the dark reality of Eugene O'Neil's dramas here. This
is O'Neil's elegy for a warm, safe, lost world.
Anyone
interested in reading these and other plays with us, contact Ellen
Clare at 613-823-0024 or email us at phoenixplayers.ottawa@gmail.com