Fast Company
by Carla Ching

Name: Fast Company
Brand: Carla Ching
SKU: 9780573799792
Rating: 3.75 (12 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Fast Company Book Cover — Fast Company Cover

Highlights

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Mable Kwan is the best grifter that ever lived.

She taught sons H and Francis to be the best roper and fixer around.

When youngest daughter Blue puts together the con of the decade, will they get in on the action together or will one of them walk away with it all?

Press Reviews

"Ms. Ching reveals the real affection that these characters feel for one another, even as they lie, cheat and steal with skill and avidity. Here, the family that cons together, belongs together."
— New York Times

"This game gets twisted, while being turned into a Mad Hatter’s tea party of misdirections. The audience laughs and thrills to this carnival ride of manipulation and greed, spinning rapidly to its effervescent conclusion of how families exploit vulnerabilities for their own selfish motives."
— Times Square Chronicles

"The swindlers in Carla Ching’s savvy, sharp-fanged and entertaining one-act 'Fast Company' fail to heed that advice. And it gets worse: Their marks are members of their own family. ... Ching...has a flair for crackling noirish dialogue laced with plenty of swindler and applied math jargon."
— Seattle Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
An Asian American Family	—	—	—
BLUE early to mid 20s, an ivy league student	—	20s	early to mid 20s, an ivy league student
FRANCIS mid to late 20s, the magician	—	20s	mid to late 20s, the magician
MABLE 55-60, the con man	male	60	55-60, the con man