Sexy Beach House
Sexy Beach House
Farce
Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes. Including a 10-minute intermission
Cast: 7 (3 males, 3 females, 1 male/female/gender fluid)
Setting: A family beach house in the early 1970’s. A box set of a living room with 5 entrances.
About the Play:
A door-slamming, sauna-stuffing farce built on mistaken identities and crossed wires. Underneath the slapstick is a tender through line about a forty-year marriage and a husband and wife’s quiet, extravagant act of love. This is a gift for a large, game ensemble with six meaty comic roles plus a wonderfully strange silent track that any older actor will relish. The play has a single, versatile box set that keeps production demands manageable. It's a play that rewards precise blocking and razor-sharp timing, and audiences will be howling well before the final-scene pileup. A perfect choice for companies looking to program a big, broad, crowd-pleasing farce with real heart hiding in its back pocket.
CHARACTER RELATION GENDER AGE RANGE
Maria Wife to Richard female 40’s-50’s
Richard Husband of Maria male 40’s-50’s
Becky Daughter of M & R female 20’s-30’s
Alex Husband of Becky male 20’s-30’s
Rhea Girlfriend to Chad female 20’s-40’s
Chad Boyfriend to Rhea male 20’s-40’s
OP Neighbor any 60’s-70’s