Four and Twenty Wretched Dates

One-Acts 20

By: Christopher Morse
Cast: 22 M, 20 F, 2 flexible, extras (With doubling: 10 M, 10 F) (Minimum cast: 2 M, 2 F, 1 flexible)
Performance Time: Approximately 30 minutes, 32 pgs

COMEDY. With deepest apologies, a narrator introduces two dozen “romantic” dates that go dreadfully, horribly, horrendously wrong. There’s a woman who brings a backup date on a blind date, a couple who reveals all the skeletons in their closets (never a good idea), and a couple of medical professionals who discuss their patients’ maladies over lunch. And to cap it off, cautionary dating dilemmas are examined like the potential barriers of speed-dating at a women’s prison, how to survive a golfer who relives old golf holes, and what to do when you’re attracted to someone at a family reunion but you don’t know how closely you’re related. Humorous, absurd, and sadly familiar, audiences will love this sidesplitting comedy. Easy to stage with a flexible cast and minimal props. May be performed as a staged reading if desired.

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Christopher Morse is a playwright, novelist, essayist, actor, and rare book dealer. He has written nearly 20 plays and adaptations and is the author of "Acting for the Amateur Stage: The Briefest of Brief Guides." Mr. Morse resides in Idyllwild, California, where his troupe, Stratford Players, has been entertaining audiences for more than a decade.