by Elaine May
One of Off-Broadway's all-time successes, this excruciatingly funny and truly
satiric play examines and dissects the shortcomings of modern society with
rare wit and inventiveness. Played like a board game in which the contestant
advances or is sent back through the seven ages of mant, the play creates
a picture of man from birth until death, with all its madness, with all its
familiarity and with all its nonsense. What's more, a quartet of male and
female players assist the incomparable contestant from "mewling infant"
to "second childishness and mere oblivion." Incident after incident
makes you laugh and suddenly makes you stop and think that maybe you're laughing
at yourself.
"...a brilliant, funny and original one-acter." —Newsday.
"It is witty and sound and very funny." —The New Yorker
Games Master |
LTC Ernie Washington |
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Male Players |
Tom Helfrich, Lemuel Thornton |
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Female Players |
Constance Howard, Carol Mussoter |
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| Contestant |
CPT Peter Perzel |
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Card Girl |
Nilene Quigley |
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Director |
Kerri Pangman |
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Stage Manager |
Sandy Sapatka |
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Light Operator |
Vicki Metcalf |
