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Dumpster Divers

$7.50 – $35.00Price range: $7.50 through $35.00

A hilarious fiasco results when three older ladies try to figure out how to retrieve a case of bridge boards that accidently got thrown into a dumpster with some trash.

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SKU: N/A Category: Plays Tags: 10-20 Minute Play, 20-29 Minute Play, Comedy
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Barbara Nouvel
20 minute comedy
1 man, 3 women, 1 man (non speaking part)

About the play: A hilarious fiasco results when three older ladies try to figure out how to retrieve a case of bridge boards that accidentally got thrown into a dumpster with some trash. Easy to stage!

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About the playwright: Barbara started writing down actual funny events that occurred while playing bridge at a senior center. Several activity directors encouraged her to write short plays that might be performed by residents. She did. Dumpster Divers is one of those plays.

 

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playwright

Barbara Nouvel

genre

Comedy

run time

20-29 Minutes

men

2

women

3

royalty

$25 per performance

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cast-size

5

theme

Cards, Board Games, Bingo

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