Boys at Play
by Jerry Bisantz

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

Present DayUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican Comedy

Times are bleak for Joe Duffy and the Hartwell Theatre Company in this politically incorrect backstaqe comedy.

Deemed too "middle of the road" by the new agenda-loving Commissioner For The Arts, they have lost their state funding.

With the monies being delegated to fringe and minority-related theater groups, Joe decides to take the company in a "bold, new direction."

He decides to champion the works of new - in his opinion - "minority" voice in American theater...the straight, white male!

Boys at Play portrays, with tongue-in-cheek, the desperate measures one man will take to pursue his artistic dreams.

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lisa 60-something; energetic, free-spirited member of company.	—	—	60-something; energetic, free-spirited member of company.
Joe 30's; hot-headed, idealistic author.	—	30s	30's; hot-headed, idealistic author.
Shelly 30's; Joe's girlfriend and theater director.	—	30s	30's; Joe's girlfriend and theater director.
Mike late 20's; Joe's best friend and confidant.	—	20s	late 20's; Joe's best friend and confidant.
Carol 30's; Commission for the Arts representative and friend of Shelly.	—	30s	30's; Commission for the Arts representative and friend of Shelly.
Janet mid 30's; Local television theater newscaster.	—	30s	mid 30's; Local television theater newscaster.
Justin 30's; Air-headed director from Chicago.	—	30s	30's; Air-headed director from Chicago.
Stan 30's; a cameraman.	—	30s	30's; a cameraman.
Patrick 30-something president of troupe; an intelligent realist.	—	—	30-something president of troupe; an intelligent realist.