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Suggested Production Notes for a Mid-20th Century American Dramatic Play
To be staged indefinitely until the end of time
Small Town Play
Scene
Sets include a farmhouse kitchen, a bandstand, a barn.
Cast
Men:
A drifter/conman: Written as mid-20s, to be cast with a man in his mid to late 30s who looks like Burt Lancaster.
He has muscles and can dance. (This is not optional)
An artist type: Mid-twenties; to be cast with a man up to age 35. Fading hairline ok, muscles optional, pale skin preferable.
An old man: can be any age over 40. Occupation: a failed salesman or a farmer.
Women:
Young girl: 12–14, cast with a girl no younger than 16 who looks young but also, you know, not. Must be able to limp (or have a chronic cough), do cartwheels and blow large bubble gum bubbles.
Ingenue: 18, cast a woman who is 19–22. Must be improbably beautiful and able to pull off gingham and ribbons in her hair. Looks great in a slip.
The crazy cuckoo bananas one: cast a beautiful actress who looks great in bras and slips. No older than 26, size 0–2. Ability to have a…
