Corns on a Cob
An original play by A.L.Martin
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CHARACTERS
DORA: a sixteen year old vegetarian, teenage girl. First child
of Serra.
SERRA: a late thirties, early forties year old woman married
to her second husband, Seth. A people pleaser.
SETH: a man in his early forties. A prestigious car
salesman/advertiser. Overweight, abusive. Has type two diabetes. Married to Serra.
SELMA: a woman in her late seventies to eighties. Seemingly
senile, playful, taking advantage of the privileges of old age. Likely to fall
asleep at the drop of a hat.
CHILD: (alive) a
seven to ten year old child. Speech impediment, poorly educated, lacking in
emotional expression or depth (autistic?). Correct spelling of his
mispronounced words placed in brackets
[ ] (dead) a Ghost, no longer
linguistically challenged, would go so far to say he’s even intellectual.
CHICKEN: a Ghost played by a man in a chicken suit,
preferably one with a full chicken head, however the face of the man should be
visible, but only the face. He is sarcastic, arrogant, casual, and flaky. Like
a lucky, charming, handsome gambler. Like the other Ghosts, he is “invisible.”
PIG: a Ghost played by a man in a pig suit, again fully
depicting the exterior appearance of a pig but allowing the face of the actor
to be visible in its entirety. He is skittish and self conscious. He is by all
means a “stereotypical gay pig”, whatever that may mean to the actor in the
role.
PEANUT: a Ghost played by a woman in a cow suit, similarly
crafted so the whole of the cows physical appearance is intact, but the face of
the actor is visible. Udders should be plain for any to see. She is a sassy,
proud female, a feminist and PETA advocate combined. But intelligent.
Janitors: a collection of men or women, no less than five,
no more than ten, who perform a wide variety of tasks. They are stagehands,
they play the Janitors, they play the Hobos, they play all the various
characters seen in T.V. show reenactments onstage. If there is a minor role to
be filled, they will be substituted freely.
Gran, Lunch Lady, Game Host, Unknown Man, Young Dora, Young Serra,
Infant Dora, Elderly Minister &etc.: this vast collection of brief or one
time roles can either be given to those casted as “janitors” or can be
individually casted. The infant must be of infantile size, a doll maybe, but no
larger.
*Note, when a forward slash / is placed within dialogue, an
interruption by the following / ensues.
