ASKING (a ten-minute play)

In an attempt to get her sister motivated, Theresa finds a way to change her bad attitude.

Theatrical Shenanigans, UK-podcast

In an attempt to get her sister motivated, Theresa finds a way to change her bad attitude.

Theatrical Shenanigans, UK-podcast

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ASKING (a ten-minute play)

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  • Robert Weibezahl: ASKING (a ten-minute play)

    Two adult sisters dance around the unexpressed until an unhoused man wanders into their home. But is he an uninvited guest? Or is something else at play? No one captures domestic disharmony and life lessons with as much humor and heart … and accuracy! … as the ever-talented and perceptive Marj O’Neill-Butler.

    Two adult sisters dance around the unexpressed until an unhoused man wanders into their home. But is he an uninvited guest? Or is something else at play? No one captures domestic disharmony and life lessons with as much humor and heart … and accuracy! … as the ever-talented and perceptive Marj O’Neill-Butler.

  • Bill Triplett: ASKING (a ten-minute play)

    Theresa may feel like she's her sister's keeper, but like any normal human being, she has her limits. This sets up so fast and skates by on high speed dialog that it's over before you know it, and yet you've witnessed a sibling do one of the harder things to do in life--get someone you love and care about to take some responsibility for herself. This isn't a scold, though. You'll likely find yourself smiling if not laughing out loud at a scene most all of us can relate to! Great characters, easy to stage. Producers/ADs, pay attention!

    Theresa may feel like she's her sister's keeper, but like any normal human being, she has her limits. This sets up so fast and skates by on high speed dialog that it's over before you know it, and yet you've witnessed a sibling do one of the harder things to do in life--get someone you love and care about to take some responsibility for herself. This isn't a scold, though. You'll likely find yourself smiling if not laughing out loud at a scene most all of us can relate to! Great characters, easy to stage. Producers/ADs, pay attention!

  • Cherielyn Ferguson: ASKING (a ten-minute play)

    One of this play's greatest strengths is its lickety-split, believable dialog. Another is how clearly these sisters are emotional opposites who see the world in two different ways. The satisfying ending shows us that it's Theresa's common-sense, get-with-it viewpoint that prevails and gets her unmotivated sister off the dime. Any actor would be happy taking on any one of these roles.

    One of this play's greatest strengths is its lickety-split, believable dialog. Another is how clearly these sisters are emotional opposites who see the world in two different ways. The satisfying ending shows us that it's Theresa's common-sense, get-with-it viewpoint that prevails and gets her unmotivated sister off the dime. Any actor would be happy taking on any one of these roles.

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JEANNIE: Theresa's sister and living with her 20's-30's
CYRUS: A man who has fallen on hard times, not Hispanic. Speaks Spanish like an American; any age
THERESA Home owning sister to Jeannie, fed up would be an understatement; 20's-30's