Best Friend
by Michael Sawyer

Best Friend Book Cover
Best Friend Cover

Highlights

90 mins Present Day Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Carolyn Parsky seems to lead a full life.

She's delightful and outgoing.

We meet her returning from a vacation.

Anxious to share her experiences with Anita, her neighbor, Carolyn can't wait for her arrival.

But that evening Anita announces she's become engaged.

Carolyn seems overjoyed but is actually an emotional cripple - especially dependent on Anita.

About to have the main crutch in her barren life removed, Carolyn becomes desperate and treacherous.

Cornering Anita's fiance, she so maligns Anita's character that she drives him off, allowing Anita to believe she's been jilted.

But the finance returns and we're witness to a dramatic confrontation.

Carolyn's ultimate defeat - and descent into the twilight world she's always been near makes thrilling drama.

Press Reviews

"Who says they aren't writing plays for leading ladies anymore?"

— Rex Reed, Daiy News

Characters

Character
Anita

30s-40s, shy, quiet

John

30s-40s, from small town, wears a moustache

Mary

Lady taxi driver

Carolyn

30s-40s, bright and bubbling personality

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573606519
ISBN-10 057360651X

Best Friend is a play written by Michael Sawyer and published by Samuel French .

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Amateur Only
Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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