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Senior Moments: The Gamblers

$5.00 – $35.00Price range: $5.00 through $35.00

Colonel William and Mother Angie have a chance encounter at a casino, and he is forced to change lifelong habits. Is one of the plays in Senior Moments.

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SKU: 9063770 Category: Plays Tags: 10 Minute Play, Comedy, Play in a Series, Short Plays
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Donald R. Fried
14 minutes
1 man, 1 woman

Mother Angie is playing the slot machines when she notices Colonel William, dressed in hiking gear, striding across the casino. She drops something, as a ploy to engage him in a conversation. A career soldier who hates gambling, he’s hiking every casino is 6 states systematically. Unfortunately, talking to Mother Angie has been one of the biggest risks of his life.

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This play is part of the series, Senior Moments.

Better Together! Check out the other plays in this series:
• The Code. Two seniors, Rose and Charlie, meet at a café on a blind date set up over the Internet. 13 minutes.
• First Love. Rose and Oscar, both in their 80’s, meet to renew their interrupted romance. 14 minutes.
• On the RAC(K). The members of the Resident’s Advisory Committee have huge troubles trying to accomplish anything at all. 13 minutes.
• Growing – Old. The sequel to The Code, Rose and Charlie meet again. Charlie is once more on the prowl for older women, but Rose has had an “unexpected dose of reality.” 9 minutes.

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playwright

Don Fried

genre

Comedy

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run time

11-19 Minutes

men

1

women

1

royalty

$20 per performance

cast-size

2

theme

Cards, Board Games, Bingo, Dating

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