Fridge

Published in THE BEST TEN-MINUTE PLAYS 2021 (Smith and Kraus)
Audience-choice Award, Kairos Italy Theater 10-Minute Play Festival
Selected for Short + Sweet Perth, Theatre Three's Off-stage/On-line Seres and other productions

(10 Min) A woman and her fridge. A play about failure and acceptance.
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Fridge

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  • Scott Sickles:
    5 Jun. 2023
    What begins as anthropomorphized inanimate object absurdist comedy becomes, as the best absurdist comedies do, a parable for the human heart and the human condition. A demonstration of how our expectations of people are like our expectations of appliances: I invested in you and you owe it to me not to disappoint me. "Why can’t you be good?" How many of us have been asked that very question? By parents, teachers, coaches, even so-called friends. How many of us have asked it? At our best, we embrace each other's flaws and limitations, and FRIDGE nudges us in that direction.
  • Paul Donnelly:
    8 May. 2023
    The hunger for human connection isn't limited to humans in this delightful and resonant short play. There are subtle levels of need coursing beneath the comic veneer. Not to mention two repair men who stand up to the best of Shakespeare's clowns.
  • Tom Moran:
    30 Apr. 2023
    A solid, funny, tight piece that works on a literal level but is clearly about so much more. Seldom has a kitchen appliance been invested with so much meaning.

Character Information

  • FRIDGE
    A fridge.
  • WOMAN
  • REPAIRPERSON 1
  • REPAIRPERSON 2

Development History

  • Reading
    ,
    Caravan Productions (U.K.)
    ,
    2021
  • Reading
    ,
    The Social Distancing Short Play Festival (FL)
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    Fractured Time Productions (U.K.)
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    Lucido Sottile Festival (Italy)
    ,
    2020
  • Reading
    ,
    WineBox Players
    ,
    2020

Production History

  • High School
    ,
    St. Aloysius College (Adelaide, Australia)
    ,
    2024
  • University
    ,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University Players (NJ)
    ,
    2023
  • University
    ,
    Glendale Community College (CA)
    ,
    2023
  • University
    ,
    Emporia State University Theatre (KS)
    ,
    2022
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Student Production, Abrons Art Center (NYC)
    ,
    2022
  • Community Theater
    ,
    Barn Community Center (NH)
    ,
    2022
  • Professional
    ,
    PlayZoomers
    ,
    2021
  • High School
    ,
    Marine City High School (MI)
    ,
    2021
  • University
    ,
    Northland Pioneer College (AZ)
    ,
    2021
  • Professional
    ,
    Short+Sweet Perth (Australia)
    ,
    2021
  • Professional
    ,
    Kairos Italy Theater (NYC)
    ,
    2020
  • Professional
    ,
    Theatre Three Off-Stage/On-Line Series (NY)
    ,
    2020

Awards

Shortlist
,
Short + Sweet Dubai
,
2022
Shortlist
,
Short + Sweet Sydney
,
2022
Shortlist
,
Short + Sweet Dubai
,
2021
Publication--THE BEST 10-MINUTE PLAYS 2021
,
Smith and Kraus
,
2021
Shortlist
,
Short + Sweet Sydney
,
2021
Selection
,
Short + Sweet Perth (W. Australia)
,
2021
Semi-Finalist
,
Stage It! Ten-Minute Play Contest
,
2020
Audience Choice
,
2nd Place
,
Kairos Italy Theater Women in Comedy Festival
,
2020