Gillette
by William Hauptman

Name: Gillette
Brand: William Hauptman
SKU: 9780573690938
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

American

Synopsis

The year is 1981 and Mickey Hollister and young Bobby Nobis have drifted into the oil boom town of Gillette, Wyoming, in search of freedom, love and big coin.

They meet a spaced out tool pusher, two travelling prostitutes and an adolescent girl on the run with her biker boyfriend.

Mickey and Bobby achieve some of their dreams, but the conflict between friendship and self interest turns friends to foes.

Press Reviews

"A true audience pleaser ... earthy, rousing, contemporary and tough minded.... Very funny, well written serious comedy.... Hauptman's long suit is dialogue and the creating of strong, highly individual, often eccentric characters."
— Variety

"Its zinging, sharp humor, its capture of a time and place and its wholly American idealism equating greed and patriotism is surely out of today's headlines. It's real entertainment."
— WEEI, Boston

"A very funny, satisfying ... first rate American play."
— Arts and Entertainment

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MICKEY HOLLISTER 40, a roughneck all his life.	male	40	40, a roughneck all his life.
BOBBY NOBIS a college boy.	male	—	a college boy.
DOREEN a local girl.	female	—	a local girl.
BOOGER MCCOY a toolpusher in his 40's.	male	40	a toolpusher in his 40's.
POOT his buddy.	—	—	his buddy.
CATHY a hooker in her early twenties.	female	—	a hooker in her early twenties.
BRENDA a hooker in her 30's.	female	30	a hooker in her 30's.
JEETER a deputy.	—	—	a deputy.
JODY not quite twenty, an emotionally disturbed girl on the run from her family.	female	—	not quite twenty, an emotionally disturbed girl on the run from her family.
SONNY her boyfriend, a biker.	male	—	her boyfriend, a biker.
LEON a cowboy (doubles as Chigger).	—	—	a cowboy (doubles as Chigger).