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Book cover for "The Hotel Lobbyist" by Bara Swain, published by ArtAge Publications.

The Hotel Lobbyist

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How far will feisty Goldalee Schneider go to make her daughter listen to her? To the lobby of the local Holiday Inn, handcuffed to a chair!

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Hotel Lobbyist

Bara Swain
12 minute comedy
2 women

How far will feisty senior, Goldalee Schneider, go to make her daughter listen to her? She’ll stage a sit-in strike at the local Holiday Inn! Handcuffed to a chair, shes lets her daughter, Maxine, know that she’d rather live at home than return to a facility where her family thinks she’ll be safer. It’s a play about relationships, autonomy and independence in another excellent piece of writing by Bara Swain.

The Hotel Lobbyist has received numerous awards including:

  • International CityWrights Short Playwriting Festival, Miami, Florida- Finalist Winner!
  • Method & Madness Festival, Denton Community Theatre, Denton, Texas- 2nd Prize
  • International Jewish Short Play Competition- 1st PrizeRaymond J. Flores Playwriting Prize- Winner
  • 10 by 10 in the Triangle, NC- Finalist
  • Fusion Theatre Company Short Play Festival- Finalist.

The play was produced in:

  • Eclectic Shorts, Artistic New Directions, NYC;
  • Women’s Playwriting Festival, Potluck Productions, Kansas City, MO;
  • Salon Series, Jewish Women’s Theatre, CA;
  • Inns & Outs, Heartland Theatre Company, Bloomington, IL,
  • Plays for a Summer Night, Polaris North, NYC.
  • Staged readings include FAB @ The Barrow Group with Lynn Cohen, and “Off the Page,” Manhattan Oracles, Drama Book Shop’s Arthur Seelan Theatre.

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Additional information

playwright

Bara Swain
genre

Comedy, Issue-Oriented
run time

11-19 Minutes
women

2
royalty

$15 per performance
cast-size

2
theme

At the Hotel, Living Fully, Parents and Children

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