Overview
Synopsis
Wallace Kirkman is a bright, articulate little boy, who loves his mother very much. When she kills herself with the same knife she has just finished using to cut his perfect peanut butter sandwich lunch, Wallace is hit with a lifelong dose of guilt, anger, and confusion. Over the course of Women and Wallace, Jonathan Marc Sherman’s prickly, poignant, and darkly humorous One-Act, Wallace tries to figure out the fascinating puzzle of girls, and confront the trauma of his mother’s loss, aided by his keen creative writing skills and self-deprecating sense of humor. Through interactions with the women in his life, Wallace experiences psychiatric therapy, grandmotherly heart-to-hearts, and flighty playground kisses. With each meeting, Wallace learns something about himself, about the opposite sex, and about what it will take to keep his past pain from preventing his future happiness.
Show Information
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Thirteen Plus (PG-13)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 1988
- Genres
- Drama, Dark Comedy
- Settings
- Simple/No Set
- Time & Place
- 1975 - 1987, new jersey
- Cast Size
- medium
- Licensor
- Dramatists Play Service
- Ideal For
- Mostly Female Cast, Includes Late Teen, Young Adult, Mature Adult, Elderly, Adult, Early Teen Characters, Medium Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Supporting |
Female |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Female |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Female |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Female |
Spoken |
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Featured |
Female |
Spoken |
Songs
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
Monologues
Scenes
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Videos
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