

Weekend Comedy
Jeanne Bobrick
Comedy Characters: 3 male, 4 female, optional extras.
Interior Set.
Melanie has rented a country house where she is joined by her friend Rachel who came for a weekend but forgot to leave and by their school friend Steve.
They spend nearly a year on the sofa meandering through a mental landscape of phobias, friendships, work, sex, slovenliness and epistemology.
Other people happen by: Steve's girlfriend, a virtuous and annoying man Melanie picked up in a bar, and a couple who a
"Deborah Eisenberg is one of the freshest and funniest voices in some seasons."
— Newsweek
"A very funny, stylish comedy."
— The New Yorker
"Wacky charm and wayward wit."
— New York Magazine
| Character |
|---|
| MELANIE mid-20s |
| STEVE mid-20s |
| RACHEL mid-20s |
| EDIE mid-20s |
| JOHN mid-20s |
| MAN around 28-30, alo a part of the couple |
| CELIA around 19 or 20 |
| 3 COLORADANS if possible |
Pastorale is a American comedy play written by Deborah Eisenberg and published by Samuel French in New York (1982).
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