The Dream Crust
by Roger Karshner

Name: The Dream Crust
Brand: Roger Karshner
SKU: 9780573608407

The Dream Crust Book Cover — The Dream Crust Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 mins 1930s Roles for Children Interior Set Period Costumes American

Synopsis

Frank Haynes, an earth loving farmer, has given up his hound-dogging and high times under the pressure of the family's admonition that "A man has got to get ahead."

Haynes would be happy to do nothing but tend his farm and reap whatever profit it might generate.

But he realizes that there are five mouths depending on him and the lure of big money available to him in a nearby big city factory too great to ignore.

Set against a backdrop of the land-locked Midwest, the play dramatizes a man's persistent, agonizing search for personal freedom and the sense of loss between father and son.

Press Reviews

"The play's spirit, its underlying warmth, particularly in the unspoken father son relationship, creates a world that's identifiable and that breathes."
— L.A. Herald Examiner

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Bobby Porter Haynes Frank's son; a child, age 10; blond, slight, and sensitive	—	—	Frank's son; a child, age 10; blond, slight, and sensitive
Helen Frank's wife, age 40; tall, dark, attractive; sensitive, nervous, self-centered	female	—	Frank's wife, age 40; tall, dark, attractive; sensitive, nervous, self-centered
Dude Henderson a friend, age 40; short, not good-looking, but much character; coarse, earthy, honest	—	—	a friend, age 40; short, not good-looking, but much character; coarse, earthy, honest
Pearl mother-in-law, age 60; tall, stately; very pious, matriarchal, and cool	female	—	mother-in-law, age 60; tall, stately; very pious, matriarchal, and cool
Merteen sister-in-law, age 45; pious, whiny, and nirritating; a nosy gossip	female	—	sister-in-law, age 45; pious, whiny, and nirritating; a nosy gossip
Galen brother-in-law, age 45; weak, a loser; bitter, disgruntled, and hen-pecked	male	—	brother-in-law, age 45; weak, a loser; bitter, disgruntled, and hen-pecked
Frank Haynes 40, tall, muscular, dark; basic and uneducated, but intuitively intelligent.	—	—	40, tall, muscular, dark; basic and uneducated, but intuitively intelligent.