Beautiful People In a Living Room Doing Nothing

A very regular living room play. Two beautiful people drinking and talking about things. Nothing interesting going on here...
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Beautiful People In a Living Room Doing Nothing

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  • Paul Donnelly:
    18 Aug. 2022
    Who knew ennui could be so entertaining? Seymour adroitly demolishes the stock characters and hoary conventions of the good old-fashioned living room play.
  • Jim Siering:
    17 Aug. 2022
    This is a funny, modern Theatre of the Absurd riff which reminds me of The Bald Soprano in its obsession with banality, indifference, and, in this case, upper middle-class boredom. And it has a gun. And sex. And a love triangle.
  • Charles Scott Jones:
    17 Aug. 2022
    Ah, the repetitions, the banality, the emptiness! BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A LIVING ROOM DOING NOTHING seems as if some yesteryear has crept into the present - through sheer apathy, through sheer want of a motive. Is Alec Seymour mocking Chekhov’s Three Sisters - as the references suggest? Or plays that come from character when the characters have nothing to offer? This is a fascinating satire that gives three actors so much to play with. Pass the rifle. You can almost feel the boredom in the room.

Character Information

  • Victoria
    40,
    F
  • Edward
    40,
    m
  • Timothy
    30,
    m

Development History

Production History

  • Professional
    ,
    Over Our Head Players
    ,
    2022
  • Professional
    ,
    Concord Theatricals - Off Off Broadway Short Play Fest
    ,
    2022

Awards

Runner Up
,
Snowdance Comedy Festival
,
2022
Selection
,
Valdez Theatre Conference
,
University of Alaska
,
2022