Nana's Naughty Knickers
by Katherine Disavino

Name: Nana's Naughty Knickers
Brand: Katherine Disavino
SKU: 9780573697937
Rating: 3.05 (31 reviews)

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Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

Farce / 3m, 5f with doubling /Interior Bridget and her Grandmother are about to become roommates.

However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite Nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she'll never forget.

It seems her sweet Grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling hand-made naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five borough area!

Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement?

Will her Nana get arrested - or worse!

- evicted?

Nana's Naughty Knickers will have its world premiere at the Rainbow Dinner Theatre in Pennsylvania, spring 2010.

A subsequent production is slated at The Barn Dinner Theatre, in North Carolina during the fall of 2010.

Nana's Naughty Knickers is a slick comedy by a new playwright, Katy DiSavino...the dialog is crisp and funny, and the action fast-paced...[this] Senior Citizen's sexy sideline will have you in stitches!

- Lancaster Journal

Press Reviews

"Nana's Naughty Knickers is a slick comedy by a new playwright, Katy DiSavino [...] the dialog is crisp and funny, and the action fast-paced [...] [this] Senior Citizen’s sexy sideline will have you in stitches!"
— Lancaster Journal

"A triumphant hit [...] Nana’s Naughty Knickers is so wonderfully written that it gives the term “guilty pleasure” a good name."
— PA Theatre Guide

"Audiences may laugh themselves right out of their knickers [...] [the play] flows in a perfect rhythm, and hits every high and low note of comedy."
— Dayton Examiner

"Nana's Naughty Knickers brought down the house."
— Grant Tribune-Sentinel

"This show is entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny from beginning to end. It is hard to tell if the audience or the cast is having the most fun."
— Delphos Herald

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Vera Walters Sylvia’s aged accomplice: equipped with two hearing aids and a collapsible walker.	—	—	Sylvia’s aged accomplice: equipped with two hearing aids and a collapsible walker.
Bridget Charles Sylvia’s unsuspecting, 20-something, soon-to-be-law-student granddaughter.	—	—	Sylvia’s unsuspecting, 20-something, soon-to-be-law-student granddaughter.
Gil Schmidt The landlord, overly eager to rid himself of his aged tenants. 60s.	male	60s	The landlord, overly eager to rid himself of his aged tenants. 60s.
Heather Van Pree Employee of Saucy Lips, looking for better opportunities, a modeling career, or just her boxes.	female	—	Employee of Saucy Lips, looking for better opportunities, a modeling career, or just her boxes.
Clair The big client. Mid 60s.	—	60s	The big client. Mid 60s.
Voice The man at the front desk. Slightly bored and always sarcastic. Can double as one of the UPS men.	—	—	The man at the front desk. Slightly bored and always sarcastic. Can double as one of the UPS men.
Ups Man Cute and a little lonely.	—	—	Cute and a little lonely.
Other Ups Man The strong and silent type. For doubling purposes, this could be the same actor that plays Heather, Clair or Mr. Schmidt, as long as the audience doesn’t recognize them as such.	male	—	The strong and silent type. For doubling purposes, this could be the same actor that plays Heather, Clair or Mr. Schmidt, as long as the audience doesn’t recognize them as such.
Sylvia Charles In her early eighties, living like she’s in her early twenties. The mastermind behind Saucy Slips, Etc., and the proud tenant of a rent controlled apartment.	female	—	In her early eighties, living like she’s in her early twenties. The mastermind behind Saucy Slips, Etc., and the proud tenant of a rent controlled apartment.