Lottie and Bernice, Livin' Large

Full-Lengths

By: L. Don Swartz
Cast: 6 M, 12 F, 8 flexible, 2 boys, 2 girls, extras (With doubling: 9 M, 5 F, 5 flexible. Tripling possible.)
Performance Time: Approximately 90-120 mins, 87 pgs.

COMEDY. There are plenty of polkas, pierogies, and dog poo as we follow grumpy grannies Lottie and Bernice on new adventures in this side-splitting sequel to "Regrets Only!" and "Get Off My Cabbage!" After tackling a bank robber, the ladies heckle mall-goers, steal Lottie’s pearls off a corpse, sell illicit pierogies, hitchhike a lonely stretch of highway, and attend a court-appointed anger management class. In a series of flashbacks, we see Lottie and Bernice as babies, as kids selling lemonade, and at a school dance...and they’re just as cantankerous! The infamous lunch-eating duo, Hal and Sal, are now working at a cemetery and discuss the merits of canned meat, marriage counseling, and public toilets. The laughs never end in this uproarious show!

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L. Don Swartz is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been performed nationally and internationally. Mr. Swartz has served as the artistic director of the Starry Night Theatre, North Tonawanda, NY, since 1982 and has directed more than 150 productions. He lives in Wheatfield, NY, with his wife, Debby, and their four children, Emily, Rosie, DJ, and Mikey.