Soup

by David Zarko

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Alan, an intellectual property rights attorney slugging it out for a corporate master, brings his 86 year-old mother home from the clinic where she was given strict orders to stay off her fractured foot. They, with Fran's best friends Isabel and Ignacio, all agree she will need home care. Isabel, always the mover and the shaper, calls her friend Felicity, a woman of Puerto Rican heritage, as a...

QUALITY COUNTS
Alan, an intellectual property rights attorney slugging it out for a corporate master, brings his 86 year-old mother home from the clinic where she was given strict orders to stay off her fractured foot. They, with Fran's best friends Isabel and Ignacio, all agree she will need home care. Isabel, always the mover and the shaper, calls her friend Felicity, a woman of Puerto Rican heritage, as a candidate. Fran and Felicity hit it off, but when it comes out that Felicity is homeless and is rumored to have had a history of drugs, sex, and alcohol, opinions heat up and what seemed a simple solution becomes a quandary.

Soup is last in a series of plays following the life of Alan Cravick. The plays can stand alone, but they are linked by small references and by Alan's progression as he grows from 19 to 46. The first play is Risotto (set in 1971) and the second is Fried Prawns (1978).

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Soup

Character Information

  • Fran Cravick
    She seems a bit loopy, but is highly aware and able to prevail when she feels that she's right.
    86
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Isabel Dunlap
    Fran's best friend, she smokes, swears, and manipulates – all with good intentions, 72.
    72
    White
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Felicity Montalvo
    Cautious, habitually distant, and down on her luck for several years, once comfortable she laughs easily, loves quickly, and is thoughtful and observant.
    50
    Afro-Puerto Rican
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Woman
  • Ignacio Velasquez
    Bolivian born, immigrated with his parents at the age of four, loves to arrange flowers, works as a security guard, 33.
    33
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Latinx/o/a or Hispanic
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man
  • Alan Cravick
    Fran's only child, he is in a committed gay relationship, works as an intellectual property rights attorney at an electronics firm, tries to keep his distance but can be playful when he feels safe.
    47
    White
    Male
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      White
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Man

Development History

  • Reading, Westbeth Center, NYC, 2015
  • Reading, Five self-organized table readings in NYC over a year's time., 2014

Production History

  • Professional, LAB Theatre Project, 2022