Dinner With the MacGuffins

by Chris Sheppard and Jeff Grove.

GENRE Comedy
LENGTH Short, 20-25 minutes
CAST 2 females, 3 males, 3 either (7-8 actors possible: 2-5 females, 3-6 males)
SET Living room set -- either minimal or elaborate

At first glance, this is a typical family comedy: teenage James and girlfriend Karen try to make out one afternoon, only to face repeated interruptions by other members of James' family. But the ultimate interruption comes when a cell phone goes off in the audience, breaking the "fourth wall" so that James can see the spectators. As James tries to convince his increasingly worried family that a wall is missing from their house, and that people are watching them, the play takes more left turns than Bugs Bunny should have taken at Albuquerque -- until it reaches a happy (if twisted) ending.

(Taken from playscripts.com)

I will be playing James. It is once act paying tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. I think all the characters are related in some way to his movies. My character James meaning James Stewart and the MacGuffin being a plot device that Hitchcock created. More than I thought goes into a one act. It shall be interesting, partly because I have never been involved in a play before and that I was also casted as the lead role. Interesting, but rehearsals have been a blast. The show is this Friday along with five other one act's.



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