Perfect Timing
by Kristi Kane

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Highlights

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90 mins 1990s Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

Effervescent would be the best adjective to describe this contemporary British drawing room comedy, written by a contemporary non British author.

Set in the mad cap household of glamorous and neurotic art critic Cornelia Thorndike, her German maid and her splendidly sane secretary, the comedy bubbles along with a delicious assortment of intruders, passers by, droppers in and long and short term lovers, all of whom invariably bump into each other in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Press Reviews

"The play is a sparkling, carbonated, bubbly two hours of madcap mayhem with so many twist and turns that you need to stay on your toes to keep all that is happening–sane"
— if that is possible with this laugh riot." - Broadwayonline.com

"Perfect Timing is comical, amusic, charming and perhaps the best English comedy written by an American playwright!"
— Hollywood Times

"Suffice it to say that playwright Kristi Kane makes sure that each and every one of the aforementioned octet shows up for Perfect Timing's perfectly delicious climactic scene, one whose final coupling may not be quite the one you are expecting."
— Stage Scene LA

"Perfect Timing is farcical, amusing, charming, and perhaps the best English comedy written by an American playwright!"
— Broadway Online

"A laugh filled riot, bubbling with witty repartee, confused identities and sexual game playing....One of the most delightful evenings you can spend in a theatre."
— Entertainment Magazine

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ROBIN 43 – A handsome and debonaire man–an acerbic wit with a 1940's charm. He had a great go of it, but has matured and fallen for Alex's steadfastness and adoration.	—	40	43 – A handsome and debonaire man–an acerbic wit with a 1940's charm. He had a great go of it, but has matured and fallen for Alex's steadfastness and adoration.
ALEX 57 – Successful and non-confrontative –a monogamous, bi-sexual man. He loves the person, not the gender. He dated women in his younger years, and is currently in love with the erudite, rib-tickling Robin.	male	57	57 – Successful and non-confrontative –a monogamous, bi-sexual man. He loves the person, not the gender. He dated women in his younger years, and is currently in love with the erudite, rib-tickling Robin.
MELANIE 29– She left the countryside for the big city – smart, sassy, and deliberatley sane. She adores Robin and loves her job.	female	—	29– She left the countryside for the big city – smart, sassy, and deliberatley sane. She adores Robin and loves her job.
GERRARD 34 – Beautiful and dense – a sexual conquistador with his eyes on Robin.	male	34	34 – Beautiful and dense – a sexual conquistador with his eyes on Robin.
LOUIS 38 – Born to wealth. A lover of all things pretty, aesthetic, and expensive.	—	38	38 – Born to wealth. A lover of all things pretty, aesthetic, and expensive.
JOSEPH DINGHAM 30 – Northern country mama's boy. Socially awkward who saved his virginity until after his mother died.	female	30	30 – Northern country mama's boy. Socially awkward who saved his virginity until after his mother died.
JOSEPH FOXSWORTH 50 – Works in diplomatic services. Anavid art collector.	—	50	50 – Works in diplomatic services. Anavid art collector.
LAURA O’HARA 18¾ - From Virginia. A troublesome, self-absorbed, teenager whose parents are anxious for her to get married so they can lay her off on somebody else.	female	—	18¾ - From Virginia. A troublesome, self-absorbed, teenager whose parents are anxious for her to get married so they can lay her off on somebody else.