Reading party - 5/31 - All in the Timing

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Hey, swankkittens.

By popular (CP) request, I've started a new thread for the Saturday, May 31 Dramatic Reading. I decided to go with something that goes down like candy for the first try, so as to get our feet wet. We'll work our way through the list, and all suggestions are welcome for later readings.

All in the Timing is a collection of humorous short plays by David Ives, an American playwright with a knack for words and absurdity. The book is available on Amazon.com for $10 right now. We don't know how many readers we'll have, so perhaps we can start by each reader picking one role (if there are more readers, we can split them, if there are less, we can double up.) Here are the short plays:

Sure Thing
Boy meets girl. Girl says something awkward. The "time machine" bell rings. Boy meets girl. Boy says something awkward. The "time machine" bell rings. Boy meets girl…
Roles:
Bill, late 20s
Betty, late 20s
The Bell, whose only line, literally, is "ding"
Stage directions

Words, Words, Words
Three chimpanzees attempt to type Hamlet.
Roles:
Milton, a realistic chimp
Swift, a rebel chimp
Kafka, a dreamer chimp
Stage directions

The Universal Language
A man convinces a woman to take lessons in his made-up language, Unamunda.
Roles:
Don
Dawn
Stage directions

English Made Simple
A college English professor explains the real meaning of casual party chatter
Roles:
Jack
Jill
Professor
Stage directions


Foreplay, or the Art of the Fugue
Chuck, a lothario, takes his date mini-golfing. Ten years later, he takes another girl, and ten years after that, yet another… designed as a fugue, or "round."
Roles:
Chuck
Amy
Chuck II
Annie
Chuck III
Alma
Stage directions

The Philadelphia
A New Yorker discovers that his life is trapped in a phenomenon known as a "Philadelphia," where everything is unavailable and it's opposite day.
Roles:
The New Yorker
The Los Angeleno
The Waitress
Stage directions

Variations on the Death of Trotsky
Eight possible ways Trotsky might have shuffled off this mortal coil.
Roles:
Leon Trotsky,
Mrs. Trotsky
Ramon
Stage directions

Pick your poison!