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Present Tense ; And, Personal Effects
by John Mcnamara

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Highlights

6

Small Cast

3

Female

3

Male
One Act 45 mins Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORIES: PRESENT TENSE.

It's the day of the high-school prom, and Norm Prescot, a love-smitten teenager, is beset with doubts.

Will his girlfriend, Ann, keep their date or will she claim that she has to stay at the bedside of her aunt Gladys, w

Themes Drama General

Press Reviews

"…skillfully works a simple, perhaps universal theme—a teenager's insecurity about being loved—into a complex structure of Woody Allen-type fantasies as hilarious as they are ingenious.“ —New York Post. ”The writing is buoyant throughout"

— Village Voice

Publication

Publisher Dramatists Play Service
Year 1998
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822209102
ISBN-10 0822209101

Present Tense ; And, Personal Effects is a American comedy play written by John Mcnamara and published by Dramatists Play Service (1998).

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