'Til Beth Do Us Part
by Jones Hope Wooten

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Highlights

90 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

In this side-splitting comic romp about marriage, career-driven Suzannah Hayden needs a lot more help on the home front than she's getting from her husband, Gibby.

Lately, nurturing his marriage of twenty-seven years hasn't been the highest priority for Gibby, but pretty soon he'll wish it had been.

Enter Beth Bailey, Suzannah's newly-hired assistant, a gregarious, highly-motivated daughter of the South.

To Suzannah's delight, Beth explodes into the Hayden household and whips it into an organized, well-run machine.

This couldn't have happened at a better time for Suzannah, since her boss, Celia Carmichael, the C.E.O. of Carmichael's Chocolates, is flying in soon for an important make-or-break business dinner.

Gibby grows increasingly wary as Beth insinuates herself into more and more aspects of their lives.

In no time, she exceeds her duties as a household assistant and interjects herself into Suzannah's career.

As Suzannah's dependence on Beth grows and Gibby's dislike of the woman deepens, Suzannah gives Beth carte blanche to change anything in the household that “will make it run more efficiently.”

And the change Beth makes is convincing Suzannah that Gibby must go!

When he realizes it's Suzannah's career Beth is really after, a newly-determined Gibby sets out to save his marriage aided by Suzannah's best friend, Margo, a wisecracking and self-deprecating divorcee and her ex-husband, Hank, who is in the midst of his own mid-life crisis.

Their effort to stop Beth at any cost sets up the wildly funny climax in which things go uproariously awry just as Suzannah's boss arrives for that all-important dinner.

Whether you're married, single, rethinking your divorce or currently being controlled by someone up to no good, you're sure to enjoy this family-friendly, laugh-out-loud Jones Hope Wooten comedy!

Characters

Character
Gibby Hayden

50s

Margo James

Late 40s

Beth Bailey

50s

Hank Russell

Late 40s

Celia Carmichael

60s Authors’ Note: Under no circumstances should any female role in this comedy be played by a male, or any male role in this comedy be played by a female.

Suzannah Hayden

50s

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822223771
ISBN-10 0822223775

'Til Beth Do Us Part is a comedy play written by Jones Hope Wooten and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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