Bike America
by Michael Lew

Name: Bike America
Brand: Michael Lew
SKU: 9780573703249
Rating: 3.19 (16 reviews)

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Highlights

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90 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Exterior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

Award-winning playwright, Mike Lew's Bike America is a wildly theatrical picaresque journey that crams the entire continent onto one stage.

The play peddles the audience along a cross-country bike trip from Boston to California, with stops in big cities and small towns along the way.

Our feckless heroine Penny is looking to bring more meaning into her life, to find a lifestyle that suits her and a town that feels like a home... so she drops her clingy boyfriend in Beantown and takes off for Santa Barbara!

Along the way she befriends a colorful crew of bikers: Ryan, the health nut biking instructor; Tim Billy, the innocent wanderer; Annabel and Rorie, the badass activists seeking to get gay-married in every state they hit on the trip; and the mysterious Man with the Van who carries their stuff.

Featuring a flexible and diverse cast, Bike America is a multi-state, multi-generational odyssey to discover our obsession with happiness.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
PENNY (F, 20s, any ethnicity) - our heroine	—	20s	(F, 20s, any ethnicity) - our heroine
TODD (M, 20s, any ethnicity) - her clingy long-distance boyfriend	female	20s	(M, 20s, any ethnicity) - her clingy long-distance boyfriend
RYAN (M, 30s, any ethnicity)- a crunchy granola biking instructor	—	30s	(M, 30s, any ethnicity)- a crunchy granola biking instructor
TIM	—	—	—
BILLY (M, 20s, Black) - a cross-country bicyclist	—	20s	(M, 20s, Black) - a cross-country bicyclist
ANNABEL (F, 30s-40s, Asian or Hispanic) - a cross-country bicyclist/Rorie’s wife	female	30s	(F, 30s-40s, Asian or Hispanic) - a cross-country bicyclist/Rorie’s wife
PATTY a Brooklyn artisanal cheese maker	—	—	a Brooklyn artisanal cheese maker
MOM Todd’s mom, an Allentown she-bear	—	—	Todd’s mom, an Allentown she-bear
RORIE (F, 30s-40s, Black) - a cross-country bicyclist/Annabel’s wife	female	30s	(F, 30s-40s, Black) - a cross-country bicyclist/Annabel’s wife
MARILYN a Connecticut homeowner	—	—	a Connecticut homeowner
LAURALIE a Kentucky bartender	—	—	a Kentucky bartender
MAN WITH THE VAN (M, 40s, any ethnicity) - a grizzled shamanistic porter	—	40s	(M, 40s, any ethnicity) - a grizzled shamanistic porter
GENE a Brooklyn artisanal cheese maker	—	—	a Brooklyn artisanal cheese maker
STUART an Ohio YMCA director	—	—	an Ohio YMCA director
CARLO an Arizona county clerk	—	—	an Arizona county clerk