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Chicken or Meatloaf?

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Carol and Chuck share five minutes of “quality time” debating what’s for dinner.

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Eric Weil
5 minute comedy
1 man, 1 woman

Does it sometimes seem that your marriage is based entirely on deciding the dinner menu? Carol and Chuck have ridden that merry-go-round for years. Here they go again! Five minutes of quality time together. It’s the little things in life that end up mattering the most.

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Included in the collection! Age on Stage®: Short Plays for Senior Theatre.

From the Playwright:
“If you have ever been married, I bet you have had some version of this brief, inane conversation about the everyday nuisance of meal planning. I know my wife and I have had it many times.”  – Eric Weil

What they say:
“Truly hilarious not because of an absurd premise, but because it is so real. Anybody who has ever been in a long-term relationship has had this conversation. Eric Weil has created something that we all can identify with, and has done it in a truly fun piece of comedic writing.” – P. Barton, Actor

“A hilarious play that explores the complexities of marriage through asking that age-old question: “What’s for dinner?” – W. Zangarine, Actor

“A clever ‘slice of life play’ in which the comedy flows effortlessly” – M. Weems, Artistic Director

Also by Eric Weil:

  • Old Flame, New Fire
  • Waiting for MacBeth
  • Heart to Heart

 

 

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playwright

Eric Weil

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$10 per performance

run time

Plays less than 10 minutes

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theme

Food, Marriage, Everyday Conversations with a New Twist

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