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Comedy |
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Full-length, 80-85 minutes
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| CAST |
3 females, 3 males |
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Bare stage, or a bench.
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Adult content and some mild adult language |
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| Barb finds out that Buddhist monks in Thailand only own eight things -- and wonders if that is all she wants. She starts giving away her things but her husband Bob keeps buying her new ones. Donna wants Carla Carla to marry her, but Carla Carla doesn't like that Donna smokes. Nick meets a shark at the aquarium -- they go on a date to the beach and Nick tries not to sleep with the shark too fast. Plus dream sequences. Plus a wedding. |
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| "Bock tells his fairy tale in a surreal idiom that shows wit and imagination. Working with a loose-limbed structure of episodic scenes, [he] focuses on cute characters caught up in winsome gay love stories deriving considerable charm from their oddball humor." |
| --Marilyn Stasio, Variety |
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GLAAD Award nominee |
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Clauder Competition winner |
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Three Bay Area Theater Critic Circle awards, including Best Production, Best Play, Best Ensemble |
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Weissberger Award nominee |
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Two LA Weekly Nominations |
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| Rosemarie DeWitt and Susan Pourfar in Swimming in the Shallows, Second Stage, New York City (2005). Photo: Joan Marcus. |
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