Scab
by Sheila Callaghan

Scab Book Cover
Scab Cover

Highlights

90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Synopsis

A lively new roommate, Christa, has a profound effect on the depressed Anima.

Themes Drama

Press Reviews

"Brilliantly and poetically rendered...[Callaghan's] playful sense of language and her attunement to her characters are enthralling."

— Time Out Chicago

"Scab...is a textbook example of promising work, written with a yen for interesting language and liberally salted with well-observed details of the lives of newly minted adults...the play shines."

— The New York Times

"Darkly funny forays into the surreal...Callaghan shows talent in the inventive fantasy sequences...A stylish production."

— The Village Voice

Characters

Character
Christa

22 year-old woman

Jenna / Angel One

20s-30s woman

Alan / Artie / Davie / Angel Two

32 year-old man

Mom / Kellee / Mary-Androgyne

40s woman

Anima

23 year-old woman

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2009
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French a ed.
Pages 78
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573696718
ISBN-10 0573696713
LCCN 2010277530
LCC MLCS 2010/40578 (P)

Scab is a American comedy play written by Sheila Callaghan and published by Samuel French in New York (2009).

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