Overview
Synopsis
A Picasso is a two-person play based on Picasso’s years in Paris during World War 2. Pablo Picasso has been summoned from his favorite café by German occupation forces to a storage vault across the city for an interrogation. At the vault, he meets Miss Fischer, a beautiful "cultural attaché" from Berlin. Planning an exhibit, she is attempting to discover which of the three Picasso paintings recently "confiscated" by the Nazis from their Jewish owners are real. At first Picasso agrees to her request, confirming that the three pictures are indeed his own. But when it turns out the "exhibition" is actually a burning of "degenerate art," Picasso becomes desperate to save his work.
Show Information
- Book
- Jeffrey Hatcher
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- First Produced
- 2003
- Genres
- Drama
- Time & Place
- occupied paris, 1941
- Cast Size
- small
- Licensor
- Dramatist Play Service
- Ideal For
- Includes Mature Adult, Adult Characters, Small Cast
Context
Plot
Characters
| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Male |
Spoken |
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Lead |
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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