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Lila Cante

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

“The play doesn’t pause for even a second. It starts with a running leap at your emotions and expectations and doesn’t let up … raw and powerful … electrifying and full of wonderful discovery.” - Scott Mitchell, OMH Music

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
A reclusive singer-songwriter makes an album that rocks the world.  Now, as the music industry implodes, two siblings must come together to battle over their legendary mother’s legacy and her twenty years of silence.  A play about music and art, connection and isolation, power and commerce, and the ever-changing landscape of what it means to be a family today.  
History

Lila Cante premiered in a production by At Hand Theatre in New York City in October 2009 under the direction of Sara Sahin.

Cast Attributes
GREG - 30s, a photographer
KEITH - Early 20s, a young man
NINA - 40s, a music company executive
MOLLY - Late 20s, a musician
  • Time Period New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting Lower East Side, New York City. Fall 2005
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

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“The play doesn’t pause for even a second.  It starts with a running leap at your emotions and expectations and doesn’t let up … raw and powerful … electrifying and full of wonderful discovery.” - Scott Mitchell, OMH Music


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  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Mark Snyder

MARK SNYDER‘s plays include Wait for Me (2016), Trigger Guru (2014), As Wide As I Can See (2012), Corsets (2010), Wipe Away (2010), Lila Cante (2009) and The Beanbag Game (1999 – Edward Albee/Last Frontier Theatre Conference Play Lab). His plays have been produced and develo ...
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