The Guyer Girls
by Trisha Sugarek

Name: The Guyer Girls
Brand: Trisha Sugarek
SKU: 9780874403213
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

90 mins 1940s/WWII All Women Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Characters: 5 females

From the opening moments when Ivah cuts Violet's eye brows off this story romps through the sibling antics and rivalry of a large family.

The first act takes place as the young teenage girls are growing into lovely women.

In a series of family stories set in the 1920's we enjoy the girls' hilarious pranks antics joys and humiliations.

There is laughter in abundance.

Tears love and sibling rivalry as these four delightful sisters grow up under the guidance of their matriarch "Mama".

A prestigious marriage a female pro-basketball player and a run away to Alaska these young women couldn't be more diverse

Fast forward to the 1940's.

In Act two the sisters are adults starting their own families and Pearl Harbor has just been attacked.

This stage play is a rich tapestry of an American family.

It has been likened to a cross between Little Women and I Remember Mama

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ivah the third sister, 17 and a hellion; the rebel of the family, constantly in trouble for her pranks and antics; marries well but never loses her tomboy enthusiasm for mischief.	female	—	the third sister, 17 and a hellion; the rebel of the family, constantly in trouble for her pranks and antics; marries well but never loses her tomboy enthusiasm for mischief.
Violet the fourth sister, 16; a sensual being who cannot wait to taste life to its fullest; leaves home at 18 and goes to California to play semi-pro basketball; a flapper in the 1920s, she goes on to own a restaurant and bar in San Francisco and marries at least four times.	female	20s	the fourth sister, 16; a sensual being who cannot wait to taste life to its fullest; leaves home at 18 and goes to California to play semi-pro basketball; a flapper in the 1920s, she goes on to own a restaurant and bar in San Francisco and marries at least four times.
Lillas the second oldest sister, 19 years old; is the sensible one, and yet she gets pregnant at a time when a pregnant girl, unwed, was a family disgrace.	female	—	the second oldest sister, 19 years old; is the sensible one, and yet she gets pregnant at a time when a pregnant girl, unwed, was a family disgrace.