Swimmers
by Rachel Bonds

Swimmers Book Cover
Swimmers Cover

Highlights

105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Coyotes evading police.

Billboards predicting the end of the world.

It’s been a strange day at the office, and it’s only nine a.m.

Moving floor by floor from the basement up to the roof, scenes between employees in a corporate office explore the angst-ridden relationships between those that people often take most advantage of: their coworkers.

Press Reviews

"Five Stars! [Swimmers] is such a strong outing that it makes one eager to see what else Bonds has up her sleeve [...] the dialogue is often funny in its painful awkwardness. The characters are a charming, fascinating group of people."

— Marin Independent Journal

"[Bonds] writes with a sensitive touch that, along with the pain, also acknowledges the inescapable humanity of her characters and the humor that accompanies their angst. Mix empathy and laughs with a light splash of existential dread and you have a pretty potent dramatic framework."

— Pacific Sun

Characters

Character
Tom

Sales. Could be any race/ethnicity. Early 40’s.

Farrah

Product Development. Could be any non-WASPy race/ethnicity. Early 30’s.

Yuri

Product Development. Russian. Moved to US for college. Mid-to-late 30’s.

Bill

Product Development. African-American. Early 30’s.

Randy

Sales. Could be any race/ethnicity. Late 20’s-Early 30’s.

Priya

Sales. First-generation American, born to Indian parents. Late 20’s-Early 30’s.

Charlene

Administration. Latina. Early-to-mid 40’s.

Vivian

Intern. Very beautiful and ethnically ambiguous. Early 20’s – 25.

Dennis

R&D. Overweight. White. 40ish.

George

COO. White. Mid 50’s.

Walter

Facilities Management. African-American. Late 40’s/early 50’s.

Videos

Marin Theatre Company trailer for Swimmers

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573706714
ISBN-10 0573706719

Swimmers is a comedy play written by Rachel Bonds and published by Samuel French .

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Performance Rights

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Amateur Only
Fee: Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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