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SEEIN’ IS BELIEVIN’ – FULL LENGTH MURDEROUS FARCE
In this full length murderous farce, things are not always as they seem. Will Emerson, a defense attorney in Manhattan, is way too wrapped up in his work as a defense attorney – and seemingly a murderer – to give the attention his girlfriend, Cyn Valley, desperately desires. He kills with baseball bats, knives, cords – all in the comfort of his Manhattan apartment – while she throws herself at him again and again to no avail.
But things take a turn for the worse and Will can’t hide his dead bodies forever. One night, while Cyn is visiting Will, Yuri, a Russian athlete obsessed with Cyn, bangs on Will’s door. She hides in the den and Will hides the dead body. Will then lets Yuri in, and the two share a drink. But in his hurry to hide both his girlfriend and his dead body, Will hasn’t hidden the body well enough and when Yuri sees it he freaks out and runs out the apartment, but not before the next visitor, Greg, the janitor who wants Will to sign a petition, and who also sees the body and runs away, horrified. It’s only a matter of time before the police arrive. But will Will and Cyn’s romantic relationship finally blossom into dinner and dancing?
Other plays by Canadian Playwright Nick Amatuzio
Author: Nick Amatuzio
Type: Full-length play, two-act play
Genre: Comedy, Full Length farce
Cast: 2 women (1 double cast), 3 men (2 double cast)
Ages of the actors: Adult
Suitable for: All ages to watch and teens up to perform PG 12 – dead bodies)
Length: 90 minutes
Set: A modest apartment in upper Manhattan.
A door leads to kitchen, (O.S.) another to a den, (O.S.),
a third, to a bathroom (O.S.) Steps lead to a bedroom
(U.R.) a single bed and armoire. A bedside-table holds a
lamp and a glowing alarm clock. A sliding glass door
leads to a balcony offstage.
A coat stand by the main door (RC). Slippers by the door.
A living room (C) with a rug, an old tube TV, reading
chair, wastebasket and a two piece couch. A radio, phone
and lamp sit on a night stand. A lap top, cell phone and
files on a coffee table.
Two spray-painted works showing worlds far away in space,
adorn the walls. A tall rubber plant, a window and a
bookcase packed with crime novels and legal texts.
Level of Difficulty: 7/10 – ‘Acting is reacting’ is especially true for the genre that is farce
Read a Sample of the Script
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Copyright © December 2022 Nick Amatuzio
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