

The Waiting Room
Lisa Loomer
Waiting delves into the lives of twelve people who share humorous and heart-warming stories about their relationships and whether or not they waited to have sex until they were married.
"Waiting playwright Lisa Soland starts her ostensibly light comedy with pre-marital sex and, over the course of her play, expands that theme to encompass her loss of faith in humanity in an increasingly solipsistic world. And in the journey from light to darkness...she reveals a kind of truth that transcends moral diatribe...and the play develops into a sobering indictment of our own apathy toward not only romantic relationships but the ones we forge with our fellow man as well. Waiting becomes a kind of strategy for getting past pre-judgments, and the play turns into a heartwarming story about restoring trust."
— LA Weekly
"Billed as a comedy about pre-marital sex,' Lisa Soland's play Waiting searches the passionate depths of the heart rather than keying on the fleshy surface of sex."
— Crescenta Valley Sun
| Character |
|---|
| Sam twenty-five to thirty, engaged to Betsy. |
| Clair late thirties, married to Bob for about fifteen years. |
| Bob early forties, married to Clair for about fifteen years. |
| Ann early fifties, married to Norm for thirty years. |
| Norm early fifties, married to Ann for thirty years. |
| Lindsay about thirty, extremely pregnant, married to Jim for five years. |
| Jim about thirty-five, married to Lindsay for five years. |
| Linda married to Steve for twelve years. |
| Truman eighty-three years old. |
| Cindy twenty-one, college co-ed. |
| Steve a paraplegic, married to Linda for twelve years. |
| Betsy twenty-five to thirty, engaged to Sam. |
Waiting (Soland) is a comedy play written by Lisa Soland and published by Samuel French .
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