Toil and Trouble
by Lauren Gunderson

Productions (11)

Black Comedy
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80 - 90 minutes
1 f, 2 m
Content Notes: Some adult language.
Set: One room, a scooter, blood.
Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-218-5

Toil and Trouble
by Lauren Gunderson

(2)

Black Comedy
|
80 - 90 minutes
1 f, 2 m
Content Notes: Some adult language.
Set: One room, a scooter, blood.

Underemployed friends Adam, Matt and Beth are desperate to beat the recession any way they can--like combining forces to take over a small island in South America. But when a fortune cookie tells Matt that he will rule and Beth gets a little too handy with a dagger, plans go awry. This hilarious adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth pits friend against friend, ambition against fate, pet-sitting against miniature vicuna mogul-dom.

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Play Details

NOTE: This is the 2nd play in the Shakespeare Cycle, a series of contemporary comedies based on Shakespeare's plays. See Exit, Pursued by a Bear and The Taming for the other plays in this series.

Black Comedy
|
80 - 90 minutes
1 f, 2 m
Content Notes: Some adult language.
Set: One room, a scooter, blood.
Standard Edition ISBN: 978-1-62384-218-5

Published Reviews

"An uproarious, modern-day comedy."

Natalie Reyes, The Daily Californian

"Toil and Trouble is laugh-out-loud weird."

The Daily Californian

"Gunderson makes a strong case that hubris, greed, lust for power, and just plain lust never go out of style."

Jackie Demaline, Cincinnati Enquirer

"Local playwright Lauren Gunderson has a knack for making the problems of flibbertigibbets look both loathsomely silly and cosmically weighty."

Lily Janiak, San Francisco Weekly

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OCT 01, 2020 - OCT 31, 2020 Valley Center Stage North Bend, WA United States	Valley Center Stage	North Bend, WA United States
NOV 07, 2019 - NOV 08, 2019 Blinn College - Bryan Campus Bryan, TX United States	Blinn College - Bryan Campus	Bryan, TX United States
OCT 16, 2019 - OCT 17, 2019 Blinn College - Bryan Campus Bryan, TX United States	Blinn College - Bryan Campus	Bryan, TX United States
OCT 07, 2019 - OCT 07, 2019 Southwest Shakespeare Company Mesa, AZ United States	Southwest Shakespeare Company	Mesa, AZ United States
APR 26, 2019 - APR 28, 2019 Town & Gown Players Athens, GA United States	Town & Gown Players	Athens, GA United States
OCT 09, 2017 - OCT 15, 2017 UW-Whitewater Theatre/Dance Dept. Whitewater, WI United States	UW-Whitewater Theatre/Dance Dept.	Whitewater, WI United States
AUG 22, 2015 - AUG 29, 2015 Substitute Theatre Seattle, WA United States	Substitute Theatre	Seattle, WA United States
MAY 14, 2015 - MAY 30, 2015 M&D Productions North Conway, NH United States	M&D Productions	North Conway, NH United States
MAR 28, 2014 - MAR 30, 2014 Bentley School Lafayette, CA United States	Bentley School	Lafayette, CA United States
JUL 26, 2013 - AUG 24, 2013 Know Theatre of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH United States	Know Theatre of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH United States
NOV 01, 2012 - DEC 08, 2012 Impact Theatre Berkeley, CA United States	Impact Theatre	Berkeley, CA United States

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OCT 01, 2020 - OCT 31, 2020

Valley Center Stage
North Bend, WA United States

Valley Center Stage

North Bend, WA United States

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Production Group

Location

JUL 26, 2013 - AUG 24, 2013 Know Theatre of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH United States	Know Theatre of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH United States
NOV 01, 2012 - DEC 08, 2012 Impact Theatre Berkeley, CA United States	Impact Theatre	Berkeley, CA United States

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