Southern Comforts
by Kathleen Clark

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Highlights

90 mins 1990s Flexible Cast Size Interior Set American Comedy

Synopsis

Comedy / 1m, 1f / Interior / Some people need continuous change in order to feel vital and alive.

Others are terrified of unsettling the peace that they have established.

Two-time O'Neill Playwright's Conference participant Kathleen Clark uses her words to detail this tour-de-force journey of a widow and widower who meet later in life and find a way into each other's hearts.

Southern Copmforts is a beautiful exploration of the intimate workings of all relationships.

In a sprawling New Jersey Victorian, a taciturn Yankee widower and a vivacious grandmother from Tennessee find what they least expected - a second chance at love.

Their funny, awkward, and enchanting romance is filled with sweet surprise and unpredictable tribulation.

Told with warmth and perceptive humor, this off-Broadway success is an affecting, late-in-life journey of compromise and rejuvenation, of personal risk and the rewards of change.

Press Reviews

"An utterly charming, sweet, old-fashioned play."

— Bloomberg News

"Pure pleasure... a 90-minute charmer!"

— New York Daily News

"A lovely romantic comedy."

— Associated Press

Characters

Character
Gus Klingman

70s, from New Jersey

Amanda Cross

70s, from Tennessee

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2007
Binding Hardcover
Pages 77
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573650550
ISBN-10 0573650551
LCCN 2010282143
LCC MLCS 2011/41139 (P)

Southern Comforts is a American comedy play written by Kathleen Clark and published by Samuel French in New York (2007).

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

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