Whining 'n' Dining at the Snack 'n' Yak

Full-Lengths

By: R. Eugene Jackson
Cast: 4 M, 13 F, 7 flexible, opt. extras (With doubling: 4 M, 13 F, 2 flexible)
Performance Time: Approximately 90 minutes, 82 pgs.

COMEDY. Mr. Crisper has left Zooey in charge of his diner while he is out of town at an enchilada convention. Zooey soon realizes that keeping the Snack ‘n’ Yak running smoothly isn’t so easy. Not only does she have to deal with a waitress who thinks everyone is stealing her tips and a cook obsessed with watching “Oprah,” but she soon discovers there’s no food in the kitchen. Then a host of unruly customers arrive including a lady who keeps smuggling live chickens into the diner, a pair of accident-prone grannies, a man who claims a spoon leapt into his throat while he was dining, and a mob of tourists who storm the café and make a mad rush for the bathrooms.

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During his career of teaching drama on the university level, R. Eugene Jackson has written more than 100 plays and musicals (books and lyrics), and has close to 80 publications. Jackson lives and writes in Mobile, AL, and spends part of his time in New Orleans.