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American Idle
Author(s):
Craig Sodaro
Dr. Bruno Slacker has been trying to find his way to Easy Street all
his young life. Having pursued one harebrained idea after another
to get rich quick, he’s finally hit on a scheme he’s sure will work!
Convinced Americans work and worry too much, Bruno claims (on
national television, no less!) that if they’d only become idle, they’d
live longer. To prove his point, he invites eight ambitious subjects
to spend a week in “Idle House,” his version of “Real World.”
The eight contestants’ mission is to learn to live without goals,
a seemingly impossible task for these go-getting young adults,
including college students, cheerleaders, entrepreneurs and an
interior decorator who instantly sets off to redecorate Idle House!
Nurse Nancy, a former drill sergeant, is to make sure that if any
subject’s vital signs go up too far, they’re kicked out of Idle House.
Any subjects who can last the week will split a million dollar prize.
Unfortunately, Bruno doesn’t have a million dollars, his mother is
trying to undermine his project, and his subjects can’t quite leave
the real world behind them—sneaking boyfriends, assistants
and partners into the picture to complicate his experiment. By
the time the wacky challenge reaches its conclusion, only one
surprising subject is left standing!
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| Genre(s): | Comedy
| | Time Period(s): | Post-Modern 1990 - present
| | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | 90 minutes | | Acts: | 2 | | Set Complexity: | Simple | | Set Information: | Interior Set | | Year First Published: | 2006 | | Total Characters: | 20 | | Male Characters: | 6 | | Female Characters: | 9 | | Androgynous Characters: | 5 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | $5.75 $50/$40
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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