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The Great Escape

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Don’t judge these three little ‘ole seniors by their bathrobes. There’s more to their story than meets the eye.

 

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Penny Bloodhart
6 minute sketch
5 either

About the play: Fed up with the management at the senior care facility, three residents have a strategy. Underestimating seniors is never a good practice as the nurses and Dr. Legree, A.K.A. “Dr. Greedy,” will soon discover.

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About the playwright: Penny Bloodhart is a retired geologist. For over ten years, she has acted and written for her local senior theatre group.

See Penny Bloodhart’s other play, Canine Contact.

 

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playwright

Penny Bloodhart

run time

Plays less than 10 minutes

royalty

$10 per performance

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Perusal Script – Digital, Perusal Script – Hard Copy, Production Script – License to Copy, Production Script – Hard Copy, Classroom Script – License to Copy, Royalty per Performance, Streaming License

theme

Living Fully

men

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

cast-size

5

women

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

genre

Comedy

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