I Bet Your Life
by Fred Carmichael

Name: I Bet Your Life
Brand: Fred Carmichael
SKU: 9780573695711
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)

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Medium Cast

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120 mins Present Day Interior Set Period Costumes American Comedy

Synopsis

Hilarious situations, clever dialogue, intriguing romance and surprise twists make this breezy comedy a delight.

Soap opera author Matthew Stoddard has written a screenplay about a terminally ill man who hires a hitman to kill him and then finds out he was misdiagnosed.

Matt's agent and best friend, Greg, thinks the plot is not feasible so Matt contacts a gangster and arranges for an incognito hitman to join them at a dinner party in the country to prove his point.

Circumstances place a real hitman among the guests and the action accelerates as they try to find out who it is before the deadline.

Stacy, secretary and love interest to both men, does her best to help them solve the identity question as surprise after surprise thwarts them.

Is the whole scheme really a con game?

And who cons the con man?

And who is conning them all?

Excellent parts make this play fun to produce and view.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Greg Male, 20s-40s. A businessman and a worrier. His tendency towards the cowardly can outstep his desire to compete with Matt in their rivalrous friendship.	male	20s	Male, 20s-40s. A businessman and a worrier. His tendency towards the cowardly can outstep his desire to compete with Matt in their rivalrous friendship.
Matt Male, 20s-40s. A soap opera writer with a flair for the dramatic that fits his career. He has an impish sense of humor.	male	20s	Male, 20s-40s. A soap opera writer with a flair for the dramatic that fits his career. He has an impish sense of humor.
Laura Female, 20s+. A rural local whose folksy antics are at odds with the city-slick attitudes of Stacy, Greg and Matt.	female	20s	Female, 20s+. A rural local whose folksy antics are at odds with the city-slick attitudes of Stacy, Greg and Matt.
Gerta Female, 20s+. An intense poet.	female	20s	Female, 20s+. An intense poet.
Burton Male, 20s+. A plumber.	male	20s	Male, 20s+. A plumber.
Lila Female, 20s+. A dramatic soap opera actress.	female	20s	Female, 20s+. A dramatic soap opera actress.
Henrietta Female, 50s+. An ideal grandmother.	female	50s	Female, 50s+. An ideal grandmother.
Ira Male, 20s+. A businessman.	male	20s	Male, 20s+. A businessman.
Stacy Female, 20s-40s. A confident and professional woman, with an air of competence and a sense of humor that can tend toward the wicked.	female	20s	Female, 20s-40s. A confident and professional woman, with an air of competence and a sense of humor that can tend toward the wicked.