4 in a Loo

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By: Len Cuthbert
Cast: 5 M, 1 F, 5 flexible OR 1 M, 5 F, 5 flex (4 M or 4 F with doubling)
Performance Time: Approximately 40-60 minutes, 41 pgs.

COLLECTION. Twists and turns abound in this collection of four short plays, which features a hodgepodge of delightfully mixed-up characters. In “Jack’s Dilemma,” Jack arrives at a local diner and tries to make amends with a long-lost friend by offering him a cup of coffee, some money, and a heart-felt apology. The only problem is that the man at the diner is a total stranger. In “Shannon is Gone,” a groom sings a “magical” wedding song, which makes his overbearing, abusive bride disappear. In “Death by Dyslexia,” a dyslexic hit man arrives at the wrong house because he keeps getting the house numbers mixed up. And in “4 in a Loo,” four desperate college students fight for the use of a small, cramped bathroom. “Jack’s Dilemma,” winner, Lebanon Community Theatre Playwriting Contest, 2006. “Shannon is Gone,” finalist, Camino Real Playhouse ShowOff! Festival, 2005. “4 in a Loo,” semi-finalist, Theatre Oxford, 2006.

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Len Cuthbert has been involved in theatre for children and youth since the late 1980s and is the creator of a summer theatre camp. Mr. Cuthbert has had several plays produced and published and lives in Ontario, Canada.