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One family. Three kids. Thirty years. That’s the basic setup for Sean Grennan’s Making God Laugh. Each scene captures a holiday at the suburban home of Ruthie and Bill as they welcome home their children, each now very different adults (if in name only). There’s aspiring actress Maddie, former football star-turned-wannabe-Renaissance-man Richard, and priest Thomas. Over the course of three decades, each member of the family changes in ways both big and small. Ideal for community theatres and small performance spaces, Making God Laugh captures the zeitgeist of its specific decades with a character-driven story that’s equal parts sitcom and domestic drama.
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Key Terms
A cognitive disorder explored in drama to address memory loss, identity, and the human experience of aging.
A parent whose children have moved out, often a theme in contemporary plays exploring identity and life transitions.
A group of performers who function as a unit in a production rather than as individuals with leading roles.
The millennium computer bug scare, sometimes used in plays to highlight societal anxiety around technology and the future.
The spirit or mood of a particular period in history, often captured in theatre to reflect collective consciousness.
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Guide Written By:
Kevan Dunkelberg
Oklahoma-based drama teacher, actor and playwright