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Saturday Night
Author(s):
Jerome Kass
On Saturday night, Rochelle Harris is, as usual, expecting her friend Ellie. As soon as her father leaves she excitedly changes into a splashy hostess gown and covers the drab furniture with bright-colored spreads, much as she has covered her life. Then she proceeds to share cultural and sexual fantasies with her friend while damning the world, her own in particular, for its crudeness, insensitivity, dreariness. Rochelle fears going mad, the same fate as her mother, and we soon realize just how troubled Rochelle really is. Although not a martyr to her father’s needs and fear of abandonment, she uses him as an excuse for self-seclusion. A family friend brings in his buddy, a would-be comedian, short on education but long on reflexive understanding, to cheer up the girls and for a moment she leaves her self-made tragedy in a cathartic gale of laughter. Finally, the father returns with a revelation about himself that ultimately shatters the glass lid that this poor girl has, in fright, placed over her life.
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| Genre(s): | Drama
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 6 | | Male Characters: | 4 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $40 per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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