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MICK’S LAST LINE – JUST WHEN YOU THINK THINGS COULDN’T GET WORSE? A TWO-ACT COMEDY
Mick is a struggling writer whose life has gone down the toilet. This is mostly due to the fact that he is (sorry, was) married to a much younger woman called Emma, who has now left him for an Italian stripper cum insurance salesman who drives a Ferrari. To make matters worse, Mick, distracted by his troubles, falls into a manhole and ends up comatose in a hospital bed.
Upon regaining consciousness, he is then given the even worse news that not only is he alone, ditched for a ferrari driving stripper, but that he now has a malignant brain tumour. Naturally, he starts feeling desperately sorry for himself. In fact, he now believes that he had truly hit rock bottom. Who wouldn’t? The last thing he needs is a visit from a Catholic priest, hell-bent on saving his soul before he dies, despite the fact that their views on religion differ enormously. But that’s just what he gets in the form of Father Boyd, complete with religious fervour. The only ray of sunshine in his life is Nurse Ashlin who is a real light in the tunnel of a really, really bad day. But what if his day could get better? A comedy about what happens when you think things couldn’t get worse.
Author: Nick Amatuzio
Type: Two-act play
Genre: Dark comedy about when you think things couldn’t get worse.
Cast: 3M, 2F, however each actor with smaller parts plays multiple parts. In total there are actually 9F 4M parts
Ages of the actors: Adult
Suitable for: Adults
Length: 90-100 minutes
Set: Mick’s office/writing room, City street in front of the Brandon apartment/city street a few blocks away, Restaurant/cafe, Hospital room
Level of difficulty: 7/10 – there are a lot of different characters in this play, played by a handful of characters and a skilled actor will make the differences in them unique.
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Copyright © May 2022 Nick Amatuzio
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