The Window

Cat longs for intellectual stimulation while Fish is hopeful that perhaps the gravel at the bottom of the bowl is edible. Confined together with no influence over the outside world, Cat and Fish must find meaning in their lives through their interactions with one another.
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The Window

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  • Jacquelyn Floyd-Priskorn:
    26 Dec. 2023
    This play is an exercise in characterization and fast paced patter. Audiences will love it! I can imagine the fun design of fish in bowl with cat and it just makes me smile! But the dialogue will also really make you think if you can pay attention longer than our friend the fish.
  • Noble Jones:
    15 Dec. 2023
    Hilariously fast paced read! I love the relationship that is almost formed every few seconds and then immediately lost. Somehow you get the sense of friendship between the two that is supposedly non-existent.
  • Sam Heyman:
    3 Jan. 2023
    An unexpectedly endearing union of temperaments yields hilarious results in Tristen Canfield's "The Window" -- the sardonic, dry deliveries of the Cat are met with Sherman the Fish's repetitious, but no less charming observations and forgetfulness, and somehow it all just works. If this arrangement were one's entire existence, one might be a bit morose, but for audiences and readers, "The Window" is an existential, elating delight.

Character Information

  • Fish
    A cheerful soul who enjoys new experiences.
  • Cat
    A philosopher.

Production History

  • Community Theater
    ,
    Santa Paula Theatre Center
    ,
    2019
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Spokane Civic Theatre
    ,
    2015

Awards

Audience Choice
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Audience Choice Award
,
2015