Additional Particulars
by Ed Simpson

Name: Additional Particulars
Brand: Ed Simpson
SKU: 9780573663949
Rating: 3 (3 reviews)

Additional Particulars Book Cover — Additional Particulars Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Winner! Backstage West Garland Award Critic's Choice! The Los Angeles Times

Synopsis

3m 1f / Comedy / InteriorsThe intersecting lives of four "Save-a-Bundle Discount Mart" employees are explored in Additional Particulars.

In the first act Glenda Balitski an optimistic but lonely young woman who works in housewares has recently moved into her tidy apartment after the death of her invalid mother.

Assistant Manager Warren Grippo a generous but awkward man of unflagging good manners has unexpectedly dropped by Glenda's apartment after work.

After the lonely couple disc

Themes MLCS 2010/40229 (P) PS3569.I4887

Press Reviews

"Critic’s Choice"
— Los Angeles Times

"Critic’s Pick"
— Backstage West

"...Human comedy par excellence, as if Chekhov were reincarnated in America’s Wal-Mart culture....Simpson’s sympathy and affection for (his character’s) weaknesses are signs of that rare combination of a humanist with a genuine sense of humor."
— Robert Koehler, Los Angeles Times

"...Witty and insightful...not just a very funny show, but an unexpectedly poignant and decidedly human one as well....Simpson writes with an unusual degree of humanity..."
— Terri Roberts, Variety

"...Poignantly funny...Full of angst and unfulfilled desires, Simpson’s characters are heartbreakingly imperfect. Yet under the darkness, Simpson’s works shine with an essential sweetness that is often a rarity in modern theater"
— F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Warren Grippo mid-40s; a conservatively dressed man of unflagging earnestness and good manners; the assistant manager at Savea- Bundle Discount Mart	—	40s	mid-40s; a conservatively dressed man of unflagging earnestness and good manners; the assistant manager at Savea- Bundle Discount Mart
Kenny Hinkle late 20s; a simple, pleasant, agreeable maintenance worker, content to just do his job	male	20s	late 20s; a simple, pleasant, agreeable maintenance worker, content to just do his job
Raymond Fetterman almost 47; loquacious, dissatisfied maintenance worker desperately yearning for more from life	—	—	almost 47; loquacious, dissatisfied maintenance worker desperately yearning for more from life
Glenda Balitski early 40s; a pleasant, plain, slightly plump clerk in the housewares department of Save-a-Bundle Discount Mart	—	40s	early 40s; a pleasant, plain, slightly plump clerk in the housewares department of Save-a-Bundle Discount Mart