Play Jean Lenox Toddie Characters: 2 female Bare stage or simple set. This witty look at mother daughter relationships is a light hearted exploration of irritations and misunderstandings that build walls between a woman and her female off spring-- and the love and compassion that destroys these walls. The crisis and humor of childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age are evoked in a celebration of dissonance and the harmony between mothers and daughters. With the
A woman seeks renewal after loss in this touching 35 minute play. Ellie, who has lived on land "flat as an old man's feet" for forty years, packs a satchel, covers the sofa with a sheet and sets out to see what's on the other side of the mountain. She is followed. Is it Calvin there behind her, or is it her husband?
ComedyCharacters: 4 male, 7 femaleSimple Set Two one-act plays by internationally known playwright Jean Lenox Toddie celebrating with poignancy and humor the struggle of the heart to find its way home. Eleven colorful characters range in age from a sassy teen, to a middle-aged professor, to an old woman waiting for a bus. What bus? The bus for which we all will wait.Plays include Did You Hear the Owl Last Night? and Once Again in Glyn Kerrie.
This poignant play by the author of Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me a Song, A Little Something for the Ducks; A Scent of Honeysuckle and A Bag of Green Apples is the story of two women, Margaret and Jessie, who have come to Jessie's childhood home to put it up for sale. While Margaret goes to find a real estate agent, Jessie has conversations with herself as a girl and with her dead father and her mother"--Page 4 of cover.
3m, 7f / Simple Sets Rockin' On The Milky Way is a collection of three one-act plays entitled Moon Beams In Mid-Morning, One White Winter Night and I Remember Heaven, Of Course. These plays by internationally known playwright, Jean Lenox Toddie, treat the audience to an evening of comedy and drama celebrating life, love and the tangled relationships of lovers and families. A rocking chair sits center stage in each play. Ten colorful characters range from a middle-age woman sitting in the Florida Everglades with a shot gun across her lap, a charming male poet who dines on candied locusts and marinated artichoke hearts, a lovely young mute singing her own soundless song and a quirky old lady booted out of heaven for bad behavior.
Comedy/Drama Jean Lenox Toddie Characters: 3 female Bare stage. It's October. The beach is deserted. A woman appears, flowered parasol raised and long skirt sweeping the sand. She has come to make a decision, but will she make it alone? The middle aged matron she was argues for the comfort of a retirement home. The child she was urges her to sit again and eat blackberries, to lie under the brambles and study ants, and to arise at long last and go to Innisfree.
This poignant play by the author of Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me a Song, A Little Something for the Ducks; A Scent of Honeysuckle and A Bag of Green Apples is the story of two women, Margaret and Jessie, who have come to Jessie's childhood home to put it up for sale. While Margaret goes to find a real estate agent, Jessie has conversations with herself as a girl and with her dead father and her mother"--Page 4 of cover.
Comedy/Drama Jean Lenox Toddie Characters: 3 female Bare stage. It's October. The beach is deserted. A woman appears, flowered parasol raised and long skirt sweeping the sand. She has come to make a decision, but will she make it alone? The middle aged matron she was argues for the comfort of a retirement home. The child she was urges her to sit again and eat blackberries, to lie under the brambles and study ants, and to arise at long last and go to Innisfree.
3m, 7f / Simple Sets Rockin' On The Milky Way is a collection of three one-act plays entitled Moon Beams In Mid-Morning, One White Winter Night and I Remember Heaven, Of Course. These plays by internationally known playwright, Jean Lenox Toddie, treat the audience to an evening of comedy and drama celebrating life, love and the tangled relationships of lovers and families. A rocking chair sits center stage in each play. Ten colorful characters range from a middle-age woman sitting in the Florida Everglades with a shot gun across her lap, a charming male poet who dines on candied locusts and marinated artichoke hearts, a lovely young mute singing her own soundless song and a quirky old lady booted out of heaven for bad behavior.
Heavy rain. Impassable roads. Flooding up stream. Most in town have fled the wild river. Five remain. Why does the owner of the rundown hostelry swear no damn river will run her off? Why does she put others at risk? And why has the Reverend forsaken an affluent congregation in the East to return to this backwater? This prize winning mystery drama explores the lives of five intriguing characters with eloquence and humor. Winner of the Dogwood National Play Contest and the George R. Kernodle Playwriting Competition and a second place in the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Contest.
Play Jean Lenox Toddie Characters: 2 female Bare stage or simple set. This witty look at mother daughter relationships is a light hearted exploration of irritations and misunderstandings that build walls between a woman and her female off spring-- and the love and compassion that destroys these walls. The crisis and humor of childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age are evoked in a celebration of dissonance and the harmony between mothers and daughters. With the
A woman seeks renewal after loss in this touching 35 minute play. Ellie, who has lived on land "flat as an old man's feet" for forty years, packs a satchel, covers the sofa with a sheet and sets out to see what's on the other side of the mountain. She is followed. Is it Calvin there behind her, or is it her husband?
A Little Something for the Ducks: This is a story of a zestful, youthful courtship. She is 68 and he is 79. They put their moves on each other in a minuet that is a joy to behold. Scent of Honeysuckle: This is a tale of three women and the tie that binds them: the irritating tie that rubs; the fragile tie that's knotted, broken and knotted again; the lasting tie that triumphs over age and death ... the tie between mothers and daughters. Old Jess, her exasperated daughter and the laughing young mother she remembers struggle for independence in a radiant play about continuity of caring.
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