ALLIE’S APPENDIX

Robin nails the ‘ah-ha’ moment that audiences love. The balancing act she’s perfected between outrageous humor and tender sentiment is an art form meant to be seen on stage again and again.

– Maureen Brady Johnson, educator, playwright (Ohio)

 

Allie's Appendix
Michael Pichardo, Maureen O’Boyle, Jessica Bill, Rebekah D. Wilson, Sarah Sutliff in dir. Sarah M. Chichester’s Planet Connections premiere.
Drama with comedy.
4F; 1M. (See SAINT ANTHONY AND THE APPENDIX for 3F; 2M cast.)
50-60 minutes.
Unit set with flexible space.
Nun and Bob
Rebekah D. Wilson and Sarah Sutliff.

Allie needs an emergency appendectomy, but she and soon realizes that St. Anthony’s isn’t a run-of-the-mill hospital. A by-the-book nun suspects Allie isn’t straight and warns that there will be no leaving until she speaks her sexual preference out loud. A statue of a Catholic saint is determined to help Allie “confess all” to her wackadoodle mother who shows up with a pocketbook full of pills. When Allie’s girlfriend pops in, all hell breaks loose. Maybe coming out of the closet is the best path to follow – and maybe not in every case. Surreal, but solid story.

HONORS: Selected for “outstanding playwriting” by Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, NYC.

SCRIPT EXCERPTS and AVAILABLE AT:
newplayexchange.org

For inquiries, contact the playwright.