Days of Wine and Roses

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Writers: James Pickney (J.P.) Miller

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
Number of Acts
3
First Produced
1962
Genres
Drama
Settings
Multiple Settings
Time & Place
the present, new york
Cast Size
large
Dancing
None
Ideal for
professional, college, community, high school
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult, mature adult, child, young adult characters

Synopsis

A man and woman meet. They fall in love. They have a child. Everything seems perfect. Alcohol, however, slowly destroys everything they hold dear: their marriage, child, careers, and relationships with friends and family. In the end, the cycle of self-destruction ends for one of them, and hope appears; but, counterbalancing that, is the despair that consumes the other. It soon becomes clear that individual choices truly do have far-reaching consequences, and ignoring that fact can result in devastation and heart-break.

Lead Characters


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