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Overview
Synopsis
Michelle and Jeremy are engaged and moving together for the first time. As they carry all their belongings up the stairs, they get a first exchange with all the people they share the building with. Caught within the confines of this somewhat unconventional locale, Taking the Stairs asks us to consider what it means to live together and discover a bit of ourselves in the neighbors that are just beyond our walls.In this slice of life drama, we see the beauty of diversity.
Show Information
- Book
- Michael Dalberg
- Category
- Play
- Age Guidance
- Mature Audiences (M)
- Number of Acts
- 1
- Genres
- Comedy
- Settings
- Contemporary, Unit/Single Set
- Time & Place
- The stairwell of an apartment building, Saturday morning
- Cast Size
- small
- Ideal For
- College/University, Diverse Cast, Regional Theatre, Includes Young Adult, Adult Characters, Small Cast
Context
Notes on Characters: You may separate out the parts for more actors, totaling 9 characters, or even add additional tenants or the children for more characters. You may record offstage voices to play as sound cues instead of live voices, cutting down cast requirements further (i.e. remove LUSCHEK, and JOGGER could be played by the same actor as HER HUSBAND/TOWEL GUY). You may alter the above doubling however else you best see fit.
_Notes on Dialogue: There is ASL at the end of the play, and
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Characters
| Name | Part Size | Gender | Vocal Part |
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Lead |
Female |
Non-singer |
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Lead |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Lead |
Female |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Male |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Female |
Non-singer |
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Ensemble |
Male |
Non-singer |
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.
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Scenes
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Guide Written By:
Alexandra Appleton
Writer, editor and theatre researcher