I'm Not Rappaport

Play

Writers: Herb Gardner

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
Number of Acts
2
Tony Award®
Best Play 1986
First Produced
1984
Genres
Drama
Time & Place
a park bench in central park, new york, october, 1982
Cast Size
small
Licensor
Ideal for
professional theatre, community theatre, male-heavy cast, male-forward
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes mature adult, elderly, young adult, adult, early teen, late teen characters

Synopsis

I'm Not Rappaport focuses on Nat Moyer, a chatty Jewish retiree with a tendency to exaggerate, and Midge Carter, a feisty African-American woman. The two friends spend their days sitting on a bench in Central Park, trying to mask the horrible realities of aging, mainly through the tall tales that Nat spins. As employers and family members try to ease them these aging friends into obscurity, and street thugs prey upon them, each refuses to relinquish his precarious grip on independence.

Lead Characters

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