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Identity Crisis

Short Play, Comedy  /  3w, 3m

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences, Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary

Identity Crisis involves a paparazzi who stages the most elaborate scam she can conjure up so she can write the story of the century. "Amelia Earhart’s luggage" has been found in the baggage claim area of the Oakland airport! Her plan to get the scoop of the century backfires when airline baggage claim employees unravel the mystery.

Published in the collection If God Wanted Us To Fly He Would Have Given Us Wings!

History
Identity Crisis premiered in Belt, MT in February 1998. It was then produced at The Eclectic Company Theatre by The Vagabond Players in Hollywood, California.
Cast Attributes
ANDREA ESTRIDGE - mid-40s, demanding
NATHAN ROSS - any age, bored with his job, impatient
KATHY HEALY - late 20s, cute, lively
JACK - any age
GEORGE - around 60
MARIAN - around 60
  • Time Period Present Day
  • Setting The lost luggage department at the Oakland airport
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance
    £30 per play individually
    Plus VAT when applicable

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Authors

Kitty Burns

Kitty Burns grew up thinking she was 100% Irish Catholic; then, to her surprise, at 18 years of age, she found out that she was only 50% Irish Catholic. The other 50% was Russian Jew! With an identity crisis like that, she figured that she should get into something sensible a ...

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