Beyond Therapy, if you wanted a real blast from our mutual playreading past (I don't actually remember if you were there but it seems likely -- where tallou had the speech in which she suddenly had to shout sexual epithets?).
I have a sentimental fondness for Arms & The Man, of course. (3F 4M plus a walk-on)
Book of Days by Lanford Wilson has a largeish ensemble cast, though it's more drama than comedy. (But it's less horribly depressing than Rimers of Eldritch, for what that's worth! It's kind of Rimers lite, actually.)
Democracy by Michael Frayn is interesting but you have to care at least a little about history or politics or something -- cast off 10ish, all male. (Someday I'm gonna break down and convince someone to let me to do it with an all-female cast, which will play to small, confused audiences.)
Stoppard's Indian Ink is also good, two female leads, four male leads, and some smaller roles.
Sigh...somehow I've collected fewer and fewer plays I love as time has gone on, so that many of my "favorites" are favorites from when I was in middle school. It's hard to find new plays, or new-to-me plays, that I like, and I don't know why that is; certainly not because my knowledge is that extensive to begin with!
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Date: 2014-01-28 10:49 pm (UTC)Beyond Therapy, if you wanted a real blast from our mutual playreading past (I don't actually remember if you were there but it seems likely -- where
I have a sentimental fondness for Arms & The Man, of course. (3F 4M plus a walk-on)
Book of Days by Lanford Wilson has a largeish ensemble cast, though it's more drama than comedy. (But it's less horribly depressing than Rimers of Eldritch, for what that's worth! It's kind of Rimers lite, actually.)
Democracy by Michael Frayn is interesting but you have to care at least a little about history or politics or something -- cast off 10ish, all male. (Someday I'm gonna break down and convince someone to let me to do it with an all-female cast, which will play to small, confused audiences.)
Stoppard's Indian Ink is also good, two female leads, four male leads, and some smaller roles.
Sigh...somehow I've collected fewer and fewer plays I love as time has gone on, so that many of my "favorites" are favorites from when I was in middle school. It's hard to find new plays, or new-to-me plays, that I like, and I don't know why that is; certainly not because my knowledge is that extensive to begin with!