The Can of Yams
by Jonathan Caws-Elwitt

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Highlights

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One Act30 minsPresent DayInterior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

There’s only one thing standing between egotistical painter Alan Plum and the fame he craves... and it’s a can of yams!

To his sister Delphinia’s dismay, Alan has cherished the can of yams since childhood.

He has even chosen it as the subject of his unfinished masterpiece.

But when gallery owner Heather Lyme announces a visit to Alan’s studio, his insecurities rise to the surface, and an artistic crisis erupts around the still-incomplete still life.

With Heather and her assistant on the premises, the panicked Alan makes frantic, ridiculous attempts to impress, stall, and paint.

Meanwhile, the fast-talking, sardonic Delphinia tries to salvage her brother’s career—and straighten out her own love life.

Sharp-witted dialogue drives this frivolous one-act farce.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Delphinia his sister and business manager; practical and sardonic.	female	—	his sister and business manager; practical and sardonic.
Heather Lyme a gallery owner; passionate and decisive.	—	—	a gallery owner; passionate and decisive.
Euclid her assistant; slightly fussy but agreeable.	female	—	her assistant; slightly fussy but agreeable.
Alan Plum a struggling painter; energetic, temperamental, and egotistical.	—	—	a struggling painter; energetic, temperamental, and egotistical.