QUINTESSENTIAL COMEDIES - Overview
an evening of short one-acts
performed August 8-10, 1996
The Mice Have Been Drinking Again
written by Cleve Haubold
directed by Janni Moselsky-Hansen
A couple in 1960s San Francisco plots to fix up a
cousin, who's into sunflower seeds and meditation, with a fake
computer date to get her out of the house.
Words, Words, Words
written by David Ives
directed by Peter Floyd
Caged monkeys struggle to write "Hamlet" on typewriters
as part of a scientific experiment.
The Midlife Crisis of Dionysus
written by Garrison Keillor
directed by Yael Agi
When you're the god of wine who suddenly finds he's
turned 50, orgies and olive oil aren't what they used
to be.
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,
Part 2, or How We Got America's Most Wanted and The
New York Post
written by Jonathan Reynolds
directed by Alice Waugh
Whew. As boys, Rupert Murdoch and his two
brothers compete for admission to boarding school by reciting
Wordsworth's poem, but Rupert winds up in his father's newspaper
business.
Foreplay, or the Art of the Fugue
written by David Ives
directed by James Carroll
Seduction by way of miniature golf.
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