Somewhere Fun
by Jenny Schwartz

Name: Somewhere Fun
Brand: Jenny Schwartz
SKU: 9780573702730
Rating: 3.39 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

In Jenny Schwartz's linguistic feast of a play, Rosemary and Evelyn met “a hundred thousand years ago” in Central Park when their children were barely born.

Somewhere Fun reunites the two women thirty-five years later on Madison Avenue, one windy fall day.

With their children now grown and the world changing rapidly before (what’s left of) their eyes, each finds herself face to face with the terrors, joys, and surprises of life and time.

This is a wildly original story about connection — to our families, our memories, our moment in time.

Press Reviews

"CRITIC'S PICK. If you care about theatre that stretches the imagination, go see this remarkable play! Constantly surprises and stimulates... Playwrights like Jenny Schwartz make our landscape somewhere strange, heightened and incredibly fun!" - Time Out New York"'Somewhere Fun' casts a charming spell! Like Edward Albee and comedian Steven Wright, Schwartz loves to use language in an absurd way. Entertaining and oddly touching in its own warped way, it creates genuine emotion." - New York Post"A bright, offbeat abstraction, absurd and joyful and full of terrible sorrow." - Newsday"Plenty of laughs! Anyone willing to think - and feel - will be rewarded by experiencing Somewhere Fun. It is impossible not to admire Schwartz's deft facility with wordplay, reminiscent of the great Edward Albee... Somewhere Fun is a sterling showcase for two great actresses." - TheatreMania"Evocative, darkly funny and moving! The stellar cast on display at the Vineyard Theatre fluently voices Schwartz's imagi"
— amused and intrigued." - The New York Observer

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
ROSEMARY RAPPAPORT under 60	—	60	under 60
EVELYN ARMSTRONG older than T, over 60	—	60	older than T, over 60
LOLITA Evelyn's housekeeper, over 40	—	40	Evelyn's housekeeper, over 40
CECELIA same age as Rosemary, shy of 60	—	60	same age as Rosemary, shy of 60
WAITER / BENJAMIN exactly 35	—	—	exactly 35
T ARMSTRONG (Evelyn's husband) Evelyn's husband, younger than Evelyn, around 60	male	60	Evelyn's husband, younger than Evelyn, around 60
OFFICER / LADY / NURSE / BEATRICE exactly 35	female	—	exactly 35
YOUNG BEATRICE (Evelyn's daughter) Evelyn's daughter, around 8	female	—	Evelyn's daughter, around 8
YOUNG BENJAMIN / BOY (Rosemary's son) Rosemary's son, around 8	male	—	Rosemary's son, around 8