Date Play

by Ashley Siflinger

Tessa and Marcus meet at a trendy restaurant for their second date. The people around them are fascinating, their waitress is magical, and when they order something peculiar off the menu, it leads to an experience across time and space. Date play is a comedy with a surrealist twist, about the magic we want out of life and the ways we expect to get it.

Tessa and Marcus meet at a trendy restaurant for their second date. The people around them are fascinating, their waitress is magical, and when they order something peculiar off the menu, it leads to an experience across time and space. Date play is a comedy with a surrealist twist, about the magic we want out of life and the ways we expect to get it.

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  • Arthur M Jolly: Date Play by Ashley Siflinger
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    A stunning play. Siflinger has crafted something truly original, a play that starts out as a well-written, comedic first-date play, with crisp, witty dialogue that would be a treat for any actor to sink their teeth into...but then it moves far beyond what we expect. By the end, we have been taken on a world-bending journey, a true theatrical tour-de-force that stuns the imagination...while that dialogue stays witty and delicious throughout!

    A stunning play. Siflinger has crafted something truly original, a play that starts out as a well-written, comedic first-date play, with crisp, witty dialogue that would be a treat for any actor to sink their teeth into...but then it moves far beyond what we expect. By the end, we have been taken on a world-bending journey, a true theatrical tour-de-force that stuns the imagination...while that dialogue stays witty and delicious throughout!

    ”
  • Tom Moran: Date Play by Ashley Siflinger
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    Got to see this at the Valdez Theatre Conference and enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm not even sure I know what it's about: the anonymity of the service industry, the awkwardness of first dates, and the morphing state of relationships over years are all running themes in a richly layered 3-hander. But the repartee is so crisp, the characters so relatable and the milieu (and menu!) so richly described that I was content to just let it flow over me like a pomegranate magic shell.

    Got to see this at the Valdez Theatre Conference and enjoyed the hell out of it. I'm not even sure I know what it's about: the anonymity of the service industry, the awkwardness of first dates, and the morphing state of relationships over years are all running themes in a richly layered 3-hander. But the repartee is so crisp, the characters so relatable and the milieu (and menu!) so richly described that I was content to just let it flow over me like a pomegranate magic shell.

    ”
  • B.Z. Florida: Date Play by Ashley Siflinger
    “

    This script is alive. It's centered around a first date, but it takes unusual turns to really dig into what intimacy means over the course of time.

    I was unable to tell where it was going from moment to moment. Its energy is honest and undeniable.

    This script is alive. It's centered around a first date, but it takes unusual turns to really dig into what intimacy means over the course of time.

    I was unable to tell where it was going from moment to moment. Its energy is honest and undeniable.

    ”
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TESSA: (F) Mid to late thirties open ethnicity
MARCUS: (M) Mid to late thirties, open ethnicity
THE WAITRESS: (F) Open ethnicity