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Saltimbanques

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 2m

Before she died, James’ and Louise’s eccentric artist mother told them they were Picasso’s illegitimate twins. James now runs from his sadistic sculptress girlfriend and Louise follows him to their mother’s cabin in the woods, where the ghosts of their very different pasts haunt them in the form of memories of love gone wrong, parenting gone crazy, and in the flesh of Mommy’s former student—who is convinced he is the reincarnation of Picasso himself...

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Before she died, James’ and Louise’s eccentric artist mother told them they were Picasso’s illegitimate twins. James now runs from his sadistic sculptress girlfriend and Louise follows him to their mother’s cabin in the woods, where the ghosts of their very different pasts haunt them in the form of memories of love gone wrong, parenting gone crazy, and in the flesh of Mommy’s former student—who is convinced he is the reincarnation of Picasso himself. Like Picasso moved from his Blue Period to his rosy painting of the Family of Saltimbanques to his legendary Cubist self-creation, these survivors reinvent themselves using the materials of experience and the force of imagination.

Part of the collection, The Imaginary Plays by Jim Knable. 
History
Saltimbanques premiered as a workshop production at Yale University, with developmental readings at Geva Theatre and Playwrights Horizons (Nascent Works).
Cast Attributes
JAMES - (30’s) Brother. 
LOUISE - (30’s) Sister.
DEBORAH - (30’s) Ex-Girlfriend.
MOMMY - (40-60’s) Crazy artist.
PAUL - (30-40’s) Lost.
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Told in the past and the present, Saltimbanques takes place in various locations. 
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Knable has landed somewhere on the map close to
 Christopher Durang & John Patrick Shanley."
 - NY Theatre Wire.com


"Knable is an imaginative dramatist with a supple talent for the bizarre." - Variety

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Jim Knable

Jim Knable's play SPAIN was professionally produced at MCC Theatre (dir. Jeremy Dobrish 2007), Summer Play Festival (2006), Woolly Mammoth Theatre (2001), Actor's Express in Atlanta, New Jersey Rep, Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis, and vario ...
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