Accepts With Pleasure

by Dani Stoller

A group of close-knit college friends have gathered for the wedding of two of their own. But time apart has done little to quell the built-up tensions, competitive spirits, and tucked away feelings. While drugs and drinking and harmless flirtation seem like the perfect route back to reliving the “old times,” eventually, long-held secrets come to light, and now they’re stuck with the consequences. Accepts With...

A group of close-knit college friends have gathered for the wedding of two of their own. But time apart has done little to quell the built-up tensions, competitive spirits, and tucked away feelings. While drugs and drinking and harmless flirtation seem like the perfect route back to reliving the “old times,” eventually, long-held secrets come to light, and now they’re stuck with the consequences. Accepts With Pleasure is a dark comedy about love and friendship in the millennial era.

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Accepts With Pleasure

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  • Tyler Joseph Rossi: Accepts With Pleasure by Dani Stoller
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    The charisma this script oozes is beyond palpable. Stoller juggles a large ensemble well, each character driving us towards wedding bells that may ring a sour note if you listen close enough.

    Catching up with college friends can always be a roller coaster, but Accepts With Pleasure goes off the rails in the best way. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

    The charisma this script oozes is beyond palpable. Stoller juggles a large ensemble well, each character driving us towards wedding bells that may ring a sour note if you listen close enough.

    Catching up with college friends can always be a roller coaster, but Accepts With Pleasure goes off the rails in the best way. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride.

    ”
CHARACTERS

Kate: The Bride, late twenties-early thirties: Practically perfect in every way. And wound so tightly she might pop at any moment.
Alex: The Groom, mid twenties: Unsure. Exhausted by a life of resting on his laurels to get to where is. Yearning for something bigger.
Nora: The Maid of Honor, mid twenties: A professional photographer. But an actually good one, not just someone who has a camera for the sake of looking cool, Nora refuses to be that much of a cliché since she’s already a little dark and brooding. Whip smart, fighting for groundedness, filled with a longing even she can’t name.
Marcy: A bridesmaid, mid twenties: Loud. Obnoxious. Hilarious. Loyal AF. Someone who makes jokes at her own expense so no one else can make them first. She uses sarcasm and sardonic humor to keep people at bay or, if they’re her friends, to test whether or not they’ll stick around.
Kurt: A groomsman, mid twenties: Sexy and he knows it. He’s also wealthy, self-obsessed, selfish, and a complete prick. He works in finance and sees tearing other people down as a form of intimacy.
Ian: A groomsman, mid twenties: A complete hipster/stoner, without a direction in life and no real desire to find one. Unfortunately, though, the fact that he’s a genius does leave him bored most of the time.
Leslie: Girlfriend of Kurt, 22: She has a naïve, childlike exterior, but she’s actually way smarter than she lets on. She might just be the only actually good person at this wedding.
Jeremy: Boyfriend of Nora, forties: Nora’s boyfriend. Jeremy is a teeny bit of a dorky wet blanket, but he makes up for it by being extremely attractive. He sees dating Nora as a bit of a reflection of his own worth, but quickly comes to see certain less-palatable sides of her when she is pulled back into old habits with her college friends.

Development History

  • Workshop, Signature Theatre,