Description
CHARACTERS AND RUNNING TIME
CHECKING THE BASEMENT FOR LEAKS – approx 25 minutes
VERONICA MCDOUGAL – 52
GRACE BRADLEY – 39
PHILLIE MCDOUGAL – 12
KEITH QUIGLEY – 12
REPETITION – approx 25 minutes
PHILLIE MCDOUGAL – almost 25
BARBIE BRADLEY – almost 25
GRACE BRADLET – almost 52
HOW MRS HENSON KILLED HER CHILDREN – approx 10 minutes
WALTER “CHIP” HENSON – 15
MARCY HENSON – 45
JACK HENSON – 45
NURSE – GENDER/AGE NON-SPECIFIC – VOICE ONLY
NIGEL, GUYS & DOLLS – approx 10 minutes
NIGEL – 50
LORD’S THEORY – 2 minutes
4 X GENDER NEUTRAL
THE HAMBURDIAN CANDIDATE – approx 10 minutes
MR OR MS LEFT – NON-SPEAKING – ANY AGE
MR WRONG
REVIEWS
REVIEW: REPETITION (Secret Theatre One Act Festival):
“Repetition” is based on characters from DeVita’s “Phillie’s Trilogy” yet I did not find myself lost having not seen it. “Repetition” truly stands on its own as a delightful short play.” – Max Berry | Showtones
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NEW PLAY EXCHANGE
CHECKING THE BASEMENT FOR LEAKS
” A smart and clever short play about the quiet desperation of two suburban housewives. It packs a lot of humor and sadness into 10 pages, and a lot of depth under the surface of its humorous dialogue.” – JIim Siering | Playwiright.
HOW MRS. HENSON KILLED HER CHILDREN
“Dark and chilling and unfortunately, very timely. This is the kind of play that will stick with you for awhile. It’s very unique in its style of storytelling, and DeVita handles the extremely dark subject matter with a chilling fearlessness. Great roles for everyone involved, and a phenomenally crafted script.”
– Emily Hageman | Playwright
NIGEL, GUYS, AND DOLLS
“DeVita is a master of building empathy, and this visceral, yet nuanced, monologue is no exception. It’s in finely-tuned details that the emotion builds, bringing us to a new world, and forcing us to look out at it, through the eyes of this character. Complicated, tragic, a role for a gifted middle-aged actor, in a piece both heartfelt and heartbreaking.” – Rachael Carnes | Playwright
LORD’S THEORY
“Whilst reading this sloe-souled tone poem, one can see the possibilities, dark and infinite, infinite and dark, for costumes, lighting, music and movement. Or silence and stillness? Mayhaps. In his cleverness, Mr DeVita has designed – nay… concocted a most meta of traps, for this Beckettesque requiem petite could easily be presented as the very thing it mocks, which mayest provide furtive delights nonetheless!” – Scott Sickles | Playwright
THE HAMBURDIAN CANDIDATE
“It’s a bleak, absurdist piece reminiscent of Ionesco’s most political plays, offering both a scathing humor and a terrifying bleakness amidst its sumptuous images.” – Scott Sickles | Playwright
PREVIEWS
Preview available here and here
