On How To Accommodate Marlo’s Frying Pan
Would you like to be involved in a wacky ensemble comedy?
Join us for an information session regarding the Devonport Repertory Theatre Society’s production for the Deloraine Festival of one-act plays taking place 15th and 16th October 2021.
Meet us this Sunday August 1st at 3pm at Forth Primary School Hall for our information session. We will read through the script over some tea and coffee and have a chat about casting and rehearsals.
Play Synopsis:
Marlo has a problem with her frying pan. She can’t get rid of it. Worse, she never knows what to do with it or why she has it or how she even got it. Every day, it’s the same old, same old, and she feels like everyone else makes fun of her for it – her so-called friends – with all their ideas that also never work out. They have their issues, too! Poor Marlo. She’s frustrated. She’s mad. And she can’t tell anymore if she needs to find out the How or the Why. All she can come up with is a lot of Maybes. Of course, maybe it’s never been about Why she is where she is, but about What she is while she’s there. (Right? Maybe). Sigh. Then again, maybe what matters is simply knowing that there’s safety in numbers – even if, and maybe especially if, those numbers are all… odd.
Marlo has a problem with her frying pan. She can’t get rid of it. Worse, she never knows what to do with it or why she has it or how she even got it. Every day, it’s the same old, same old, and she feels like everyone else makes fun of her for it – her so-called friends – with all their ideas that also never work out. They have their issues, too! Poor Marlo. She’s frustrated. She’s mad. And she can’t tell anymore if she needs to find out the How or the Why. All she can come up with is a lot of Maybes. Of course, maybe it’s never been about Why she is where she is, but about What she is while she’s there. (Right? Maybe). Sigh. Then again, maybe what matters is simply knowing that there’s safety in numbers – even if, and maybe especially if, those numbers are all… odd.
Cast of Characters:
Marlo – the eponymous character and carrier of the eponymous frying pan. She’s a bit lost and a bit mad about it.
John Apple – an imperious and persnickety fellow who seems rather fed up with the others and would really rather go back to reading his phone book.
Riddy Pop – a nervous sort who often misses the point. Perhaps a little short-sighted.
Boon – a literal minded fellow of few words. Has affinity with muffins.
Seeda – a bossy and self-important person who lacks the patience to empathise with Marlo (or anybody else for that matter).
Marlo – the eponymous character and carrier of the eponymous frying pan. She’s a bit lost and a bit mad about it.
John Apple – an imperious and persnickety fellow who seems rather fed up with the others and would really rather go back to reading his phone book.
Riddy Pop – a nervous sort who often misses the point. Perhaps a little short-sighted.
Boon – a literal minded fellow of few words. Has affinity with muffins.
Seeda – a bossy and self-important person who lacks the patience to empathise with Marlo (or anybody else for that matter).