Slow Down, Sweet Chariot
by Dave Reiser, Jack Sharkey

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90 minsPresent DayInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

When Kitty Shannon dies, she refuses to accompany her guardian angel to heaven when she learns daughter Joan's fiance Norman Gorman is a scheming swindler in love with another woman.

Songs range from the wildly funny one wherein Kitty and Joan lament they can't stand half of the invited wedding guests to a lilting romantic number wherein Joan and the man she should be marrying pretend they really don't love one another to a poignant one when Kitty finally must bid goodbye to her daughter.

Audiences will laugh through their tears during this heartwarming show with a lively and lovely score, startling special effects and zany plot.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Joan Shannon an uncertain bride-to-be	—	—	an uncertain bride-to-be
Norman Gorman a despicable groom-to-be	—	—	a despicable groom-to-be
Larry Roberts Joan's childhood beau	—	—	Joan's childhood beau
Eileen Roberts Joan's maid of honor	—	—	Joan's maid of honor
Melody Nelson Norman's cast-off love	—	—	Norman's cast-off love
Father Francis Finnegan parish pastor	—	—	parish pastor
Mrs. Petrucci friend of Kitty	—	—	friend of Kitty
Mrs. O'Boyle also a friend of Kitty	—	—	also a friend of Kitty
Mrs. Kovitch another friend of Kitty	—	—	another friend of Kitty
Opharel a Heavenly Messenger	—	—	a Heavenly Messenger
Kitty Shannon a moderately merry widow	—	—	a moderately merry widow