"The Perfect Ending" Play Seeks Kids and Teens
Looking for kids and teens for "The Perfect Ending" Play. Please see the details below. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE ACCEPTED. About the project: Mother has a meatloaf in the oven and is well on her way to having the perfect dinner party, but one thing stands in her way—the end of the world as we know it! Is that going to stop her perfect party from happening? Not at all! Like moths to a flame, the house lights are attracting all types of unexpected guests. Join her in The Perfect Ending as she juggles a grease monkey, looting neighbors, an insurance salesman, her son’s juvenile delinquent girlfriend, and many other zany characters in an attempt to maintain a perfect house and to be the absolute perfect hostess, right up until the very last moment. Will the world come to an end, or will Mother get to have her perfect dinner party? Setting: An alternate, stylized America in the 1950’s Additional info: Approximate running time: 45 min. If interested, please apply.
13 roles
He is the straight-laced junior varsity all-American kid without a flaw. Every corny stereotype of the ’50s high-school football player should be embodied in him. Later, he is revealed as a whimpering, weak-kneed little boy.
She is dressed identical to Mother and is a carbon copy of her in every way. She oozes perfection, to the point where it verges on mania. She has outbursts that reveal just how scary she can be.
He is quite serious about his duties, probably because his regular job is less than desirable. He is finally someone of importance when he dons his CDW helmet. Earnest in his efforts, he obviously is holding on to order and discipline to fight off the panic of impending doom.
He drools profusely and is incoherent, but only barely. Throughout the play, he will have incoherent outbursts translated, probably incorrectly, by Nurse Jane.
She is the prototypical ditzy blonde, obviously hired for her looks rather than her brain or nursing ability.
The nagging wife. Also, a stealth looter of neighbors during the end of the world.
Martha’s beleaguered husband. Also, her co-conspirator.
She is the penultimate Avon saleswoman with a single-minded vision of beauty.
The 1950s good girl with a wild side bubbling just beneath her poodle-skirted perfection.
He is a fast-talking and hard-closing slickster. Before they know it, they’ll be signing papers.
These roles can be combined into as few as three characters by sharing lines. They are ready for political action but not sure of what action they should take.
Dorothy Martin predicted the end of the world in the 1950s and convinced her UFO cult to join her in preparing for it. She was proven wrong when the world continued after her predicted date.
They just want to protect the secrets of the order.
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