Wishing Aces
by Rosary Hartel O'neill

Name: Wishing Aces
Brand: Rosary Hartel O'neill
SKU: 9780573697715

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One Act 90 mins Present Day Expandable Casting Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

A Southern comedy about mature love found later in life, and the trouble and insight that such discoveries can bring.

Though well-warned, Kitten, a runaway housewife, decides to travel with her Tulane professor, Beau, on a train trip through the Louisiana swamp.

Their plans are upset when her son, Bunky, in an effort to punish her, shows up as a stowaway on the train.

Kitten and Beau struggle through their disappointments, mourning the futility of their lives, while the hurricane brewing outside the train builds toward its inevitable whirlwind of destruction.

Press Reviews

"Aces is a wonderfully evocative comedy that is Southern to the core…it has four quirky characters each of whom is vividly painted by the playwright with striking features artfully disclosed in picturesque southern repartee that is replete with clever comic barbs… The relationship between the characters developed in the easy-flowing dialogue is beautifully evolved by Mrs O'Neill's well-devised 90 minute play"
— Clarion Herald

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
James Beauregard (Beau) Ellis 38; professor of English Literature; heir to his family's plantation and sugar business; dressed from toe to crown in Ivy League blue and gray: an oxford cloth shirt, the university club tie, Bally loafers. Right now, he is broke. He carries worn Gucci luggage, a London Fog raincoat, an umbrella, and a brief case.	male	—	38; professor of English Literature; heir to his family's plantation and sugar business; dressed from toe to crown in Ivy League blue and gray: an oxford cloth shirt, the university club tie, Bally loafers. Right now, he is broke. He carries worn Gucci luggage, a London Fog raincoat, an umbrella, and a brief case.
Bunky Legere 15; Kitten's son; poured into jean cut offs, tee-shirt, leather jacket, and boots. Over one shoulder, he carries a nap sack with books, shoes, a bandana, patches, and pins hanging from it, and a fencing sword. He wears his hair over his face like a mask.	male	—	15; Kitten's son; poured into jean cut offs, tee-shirt, leather jacket, and boots. Over one shoulder, he carries a nap sack with books, shoes, a bandana, patches, and pins hanging from it, and a fencing sword. He wears his hair over his face like a mask.
Hetty Williams 20s-50s; the porter; limps; a strong woman. Her leg starts acting up whenever anybody criticizes her. From rural Louisiana, she wears a porter's uniform with a name tag and a rhinestone necklace, earrings. Perhaps a nose ring.	female	20s	20s-50s; the porter; limps; a strong woman. Her leg starts acting up whenever anybody criticizes her. From rural Louisiana, she wears a porter's uniform with a name tag and a rhinestone necklace, earrings. Perhaps a nose ring.
Kitten Legere 36; college student; married to new money. Dressed all in bonny blue, she wears a Laura Ashley ensemble a bit tight in the waist and bust, and a hat. She carries a ribboned basket of supplies and food. She is gorgeous like a china doll from Paris but sometimes stutters, especially when talking about her son.	female	—	36; college student; married to new money. Dressed all in bonny blue, she wears a Laura Ashley ensemble a bit tight in the waist and bust, and a hat. She carries a ribboned basket of supplies and food. She is gorgeous like a china doll from Paris but sometimes stutters, especially when talking about her son.