Six Characters in Search of an Author eScriptAvailable

Six Characters in Search of an Author adapted by Steve Moulds

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Productions (37)
Comedy/Drama
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80 - 100 minutes
4 W, 4 M, 2 Any (10-13 actors possible: 4-9 W, 4-9 M)
Set: A theater space, with room for a kiddie pool and a magic mirror.

Six fictional characters, abandoned by their creator, invade a rehearsal in progress and demand to be brought to life by a new author. But the characters' existential agenda collides with the more lighthearted ambitions of these theatre artists, whose open rehearsal "audience engagement event" becomes darkly entangled with the characters' tragic story. This intimate adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's absurdist classic foregrounds the comedic contrast between melodrama and the contemporary sensibilities of the acting company -- all the while asking us to consider just what we believe to be real.

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Play Details

Six fictional characters, abandoned by their creator, invade a rehearsal in progress and demand to be brought to life by a new author. But the characters' existential agenda collides with the more lighthearted ambitions of these theatre artists, whose open rehearsal "audience engagement event" becomes darkly entangled with the characters' tragic story. This intimate adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's absurdist classic foregrounds the comedic contrast between melodrama and the contemporary sensibilities of the acting company -- all the while asking us to consider just what we believe to be real.

  • Comedy/Drama
  • |
  • 80 - 100 minutes
  • 4 W, 4 M, 2 Any (10-13 actors possible: 4-9 W, 4-9 M)
  • Set: A theater space, with room for a kiddie pool and a magic mirror.
  • Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-282-6

Published Reviews

"Fresh, insightful and a great deal of fun."

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune

"Six Characters will make you laugh up-front, but later haunt you into thinking about the thin barriers of facts and re-created fiction."

Scott C. Morgan, Windy City Times

"Six Characters is a different kind of theatrical experience; one that will stay with you and make you wonder about the illusions that take place in the everyday theater of your ordinary life."

J.H. Palmer, Chicaco Theatre Beat

"Moulds clearly and powerfully demonstrate(s) Pirandello's points around the ambivalence and challenges of creative dramatic writing."

Francis Sadac, From the Ledge

Production History

OCT 09, 2024 - OCT 19, 2024
Southwestern College Performing Arts Center
Chula Vista, CA United States
Southwestern College Performing Arts CenterChula Vista, CA United States
JAN 29, 2023 - FEB 06, 2023
N/A
Walker, MN United States
N/AWalker, MN United States
APR 28, 2022 - APR 30, 2022
Lumos Players
Maineville, OH United States
Lumos PlayersMaineville, OH United States
APR 21, 2022 - APR 23, 2022
Alpha Psi Omega, Zeta Phi Cast
Richmond, KY United States
Alpha Psi Omega, Zeta Phi CastRichmond, KY United States
NOV 16, 2021 - NOV 20, 2021
UBC Players Club
Vancouver, BC Canada
UBC Players ClubVancouver, BC Canada
OCT 15, 2021 - OCT 17, 2021
Cowley College
Arkansas City, KS United States
Cowley CollegeArkansas City, KS United States
JAN 30, 2020 - FEB 09, 2020
Vanier College Productions, York University
Toronto, ON Canada
Vanier College Productions, York UniversityToronto, ON Canada
JAN 10, 2020 - JAN 10, 2020
Huntingtown High School
Towson, MD United States
Huntingtown High SchoolTowson, MD United States
DEC 05, 2019 - DEC 07, 2019
Company 157
San Diego, CA United States
Company 157San Diego, CA United States
OCT 24, 2019 - OCT 26, 2019
Henderson High School
West Chester, PA United States
Henderson High SchoolWest Chester, PA United States
1 of 4
No upcoming productions.
FEB 01, 2012 - MAR 11, 2012
The Hypocrites
Chicago, IL United States
The HypocritesChicago, IL United States

Awards (1)

Jeff nomination for Best New Adaptation (Chicago, 2012)

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