The Dinner Party
Comedy, the frazzled host
- Comedy
- Scene for 5
- 2 min
- Male role
- Adult
- Beginner
Casting
12 lines- LÉO Male role, Adult your role
- SLIMANE Male role, Adult
- FANNY Female role, Adult
- GABY No gender marker, Adult
- ROSE Female role, Adult
Excerpt
(The bell rings. Léo opens the door, panicking, a dish towel on his shoulder.)
LÉO
You’re… early. By three hours.
SLIMANE
You said seven o’clock.
LÉO
I said seven so you’d get here by ten. You know me!
FANNY
I brought dessert. Well, the idea of a dessert.
What you can do with it
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