Description
CHARACTERS
CAROLINE PEDDY (MISS PEDDY) – Female, 50s – A formidable, take-charge, woman
GRACE BUTLER – Female, 80s – A sweet and energetic, but cunning woman
PRODUCTION HISTORY
PRODUCTIONS:
August 2019. One Act Play Festival, Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, MD.
July 2015. One Act Festival. Pend Oreille Players, Newport, WA
June 2015. 18th Annual Black Box New Play Festival, Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY.
RECORDINGS/BROADCASTS/PODCASTS:
2020: Atlanta Audio Fringe Festival, presented by Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL. October
2019: Recorded & broadcast by Radio Theatre Project, St. Petersburg, FL.
REVIEWS
MD (Maryland) Theatre Guide 8-27-19 Theatre Review: ‘2019 One-Act Festival’ at Silver Spring Stage
“Silver Spring Stage picked five very different and intriguing plays for its second weekend. I know the third weekend will be equally worthwhile. It is a great way to end the summer.
“After Intermission the lights went up on “Miss Peddy and Grace” by William Ivor Fowkes. This was an interesting study of the two women. Miss Peddy, sharply portrayed by Meghan Williams Elkins, is a home care nurse for the elderly. We see her interviewing for various jobs as she reveals her not always pure motives toward her charges. Grace is a dotty old woman, or so it seems, who we can guess will be the next to be under Miss Peddy’s care. Grace Butler was hilariously and craftily played by Harlene Leahy. This play was full of surprises and showed great insight into the minds of senior citizens who are often wrongly stereotyped because of their outward appearances. The direction by Pauline Griller-Mitchell was visually interesting and helped to create the tension of the plot that was very gripping.”
RUNNING TIME
Approximately 25 minutes
PREVIEW
Preview available here
