Becky's New Car
by Steven Dietz

Name: Becky's New Car
Brand: Steven Dietz
SKU: 9780822223931
Rating: 3.71 (99 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 minsPresent DayRole(s) for Senior Actor(s)Interior SetContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Synopsis

Becky Foster is caught in middle age, middle management and in a middling marriage – with no prospects for change on the horizon.

Then one night a socially inept and grief-struck millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where Becky works.

Becky is offered nothing short of a new life and the audience is offered a chance to ride shotgun in a way that most plays wouldn’t dare.

Becky’s New Car is a thoroughly original comedy with serious overtones – a devious and delightful romp down the road not taken.

Press Reviews

"On a classic mistaken-identity premise, playwright Steven Dietz has constructed a warmly humorous and nimble romantic farce that doesn’t oversell itself, or ever sell its American Everywoman protagonist short."
— Seattle Times

"That perfect blend of hilarious comedy and substantial weight."
— Everett Herald

"Becky's New Car is that perfect blend of hilarious comedy and substantial weight, a story about choices and consequences that could believably happen to anyone."
— Broadway Hour

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Joe Foster Becky's husband, a roofer, late 40s	male	40s	Becky's husband, a roofer, late 40s
Chris Foster Their son, a psychology student, 26	—	—	Their son, a psychology student, 26
Walter Flood A very wealthy businessman, widowed, 60s	—	60s	A very wealthy businessman, widowed, 60s
Kensington (Kenni) Flood Walter's daughter, 23	female	—	Walter's daughter, 23
Steve Becky's co-worker, widowed, 50	—	—	Becky's co-worker, widowed, 50
Ginger A neighbor of Walter's, single, 50s	—	50s	A neighbor of Walter's, single, 50s
Becky (Rebecca) Foster A woman in her late 40s	female	40s	A woman in her late 40s