THE RIPPLE EFFECT (Award-winning full-length comedy for three actors) by Arianna Rose

[Full-length comedy]

Community Theatre Production, SCDW @ The Rivoli Theatre, S. Fallsburg NY July 2024

Winner, Midnight Sun Theatre Annual Serial Bowl Competition, Anchorage AK May 2024 (50-minute version)

Readers Theatre, Spirit Arts Festival, Milwaukee WI May 2024

Synopsis;
Will pregnancy elude Amy and Jeff again? Science and superstition...
[Full-length comedy]

Community Theatre Production, SCDW @ The Rivoli Theatre, S. Fallsburg NY July 2024

Winner, Midnight Sun Theatre Annual Serial Bowl Competition, Anchorage AK May 2024 (50-minute version)

Readers Theatre, Spirit Arts Festival, Milwaukee WI May 2024

Synopsis;
Will pregnancy elude Amy and Jeff again? Science and superstition go toe-to-toe in this heartwarming comedy about fertility, marriage, and a city of strangers.

Note: This is the full-length, 3-character version of this play. Other versions exist: 10-minute (2 characters), 20 minute (2 characters), and 50 minutes (three characters), also on this NPX page.
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THE RIPPLE EFFECT (Award-winning full-length comedy for three actors)

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  • Robert Weibezahl:
    24 Apr. 2024
    “ A very funny play that harkens back to the classic Broadway comedies of yore, but with a quirky vibe and modern-day twists that only Arianna Rose could bring to it. Pregnancy tests, fertility treatments, acrobatic positions, a nosy Jewish Wiccan neighbor, a skeptical Catholic scientist husband, pickles, the New York Times Sunday crossword, and a black-and-white from Zabar’s? Who could ask for anything more? Read The Ripple Effect. Laugh along with The Ripple Effect. Produce The Ripple Effect.. ”

Character Information

  • AMY
    20s-30s,
    Any / Jewish (but not all Jews are white)
    ,
    Female
    Jewish, married to Jeff, creative, impulsive, slightly neurotic.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s, 30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female
  • JEFF
    20s-30s,
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    ,
    Male
    Catholic, married to Amy. Analytical, freaks out when stressed.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      20s, 30s
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Male
  • MRS. TEITELBAUM
    40s-70s,
    Any Race/Ethnicity
    ,
    Female
    female, middle-aged, typical New Yorker, nosy, has a secret.
    Can be played by:
    • Age: 
      40s, 50s, 60s, 70s+
    • Race/Ethnicity: 
      Any race/ethnicity
    • Gender: 
      Female

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Solar Wind Media Spirit Arts Festival, Milwaukee WI
    ,
    2024

Production History

  • Community Theater
    ,
    Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Rivoli Theatre, S. Fallsburg NY
    ,
    2024

Awards

Winner
,
Serial Bowl Competition 2024
,
Midnight Sun Theatre, Anchorage AK
,
2024