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Author:Dori Appel
EMail:applcart@mind.net
ICWP Member?:Yes
Nearest Large City:Portland, Oregon
Country:USA
Play Title:COFFEE KLATSCH
Runtime:31-60 minutes
Synopsis:
In this comedy/drama, a young graduate student interviews three middle-aged women about their contributions to a now defunct newspaper column, "The Coffee Klatsch". The three are far more complex than they initially appear, however, and their revelations about their lives, and their response to their young interviewer's present crisis, provide surprising revelations about the lives of "ordinary" women.

cast requirements: Four F,
two late forties or early fifties
one early forties
one twenties

Running time: 45 minutes

single set

History:
Winner of the Pleiades Theatre Company, Stars of the Future New Play competition, 2001. Produced at the Pleiades Theatre Festival,
Louisville, Kentucky, 2001. Included in LOST AND FOUND, winner of the Oregon Book Award in Drama, 2001. As part of LOST AND FOUND, staged readings at Actors’ Theatre, Talent, Oregon, 2001 Profile Theatre Project, Portland, Oregon, 2002.
Male:0
Female:4
Max. Cast:4
Min. Cast:4
Media:Stage
Genre:Comic/Drama
Theme: friendships
Web Page:http://www.doriappel.com/
First Name:Dori
Last Name:Appel
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