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Sarah Sits Shiva For Herself
Type of Show
Full-length Play
Performance Type
Live
Digital
Acts
1 act
Duration
75 min
Performing Groups
Professional Theatre
Community Theatre
College/University
Tech Requirements
Minimal
Cast Summary
3f, 1m
Overview
Sarah is 27 and dying. She throws a preemptive shiva for herself. Only three people show up: her ex-girlfriend, her mother, and her mother’s friend Lou. The three sit and discuss lesbian sex, Judaism, legacy, and edible arrangements. They dye Sarah’s hair blue. Re-hash their respective relationships. And eventually? Dance. 

Reid Pope's life-affirming investigation of mortality invites you in for some of kugel, and then punches you in the gut while leaning casually against the wall. It also happens to be really funny, which a thing you get when one of America's foremost upcoming playwrights also does standup and writes for comedy shows.
Casting
3f, 1m
Female Principals
3
Male Principals
1
SARAH
(27, f or nb) Dying. Slowly losing her shit but masking it with berserk confidence.
JEANIE
(50s/60s, f) Sarah’s very Jewish mother. Can’t ever really sit still. Can’t ever really stop looking at Sarah.
MO
(25, f or nb) Sarah’s ex-girlfriend. Quiet with a cutting energy. Didn’t need to show up but did.
LOU
(50s/60s, m) Jeanie’s childhood best friend. Older, disheveled. Has an almost-not-quite New York accent.
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