UTBU
by James Kirkwood

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UTBU Book Cover
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Highlights

120 mins 1960s Interior Set Period Costumes Comedy

Synopsis

UTBU (Unhealthy To Be Unpleasant) is a wacky organization dedicated to righting the world’s ills by exterminating nasty people.

The group’s benevolent, blind leader, William Uggims, is currently after an extremely unpleasant actor named J. Francis Amber, who intends to hasten his 94-year-old mother’s demise with assorted Gothic tortures – simply because she refuses to finance his latest play.

Press Reviews

"It has overtones of You Can't Take It With You compounded with the most flagrant insanity of Olsen and Johnson… it is impossible not to bust out laughing."

— New York Journal American

Characters

Character
Anastasia Amber
William Uggims
Madge Kempton
Shirley Amber
J. Francis Amber
Eugene Boyer
Valerie Rogers
Miss Blank Rogers
Jimmy Newton
Connie Tufford

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573617423
ISBN-10 0573617422

UTBU is a comedy play written by James Kirkwood and published by Samuel French .

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Amateur Only
Fee: Minimum Fee: $110 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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