Four Women, One Man

Synopsis:

In this stylized dark comedy, the play is about how the oppressed have internalized their own oppression – both by participating in their own subjugation and also, by clamping down on others even weaker than themselves. The play is set within the context of the making of a documentary film, and therefore also posits a “performance” persona and a “real” persona for the characters. The action revolves around a mother who is making a dress for the girlfriend of her son, at the expense of her daughter. 

Notes: The play has been produced by Love Creek Productions on Theatre Row in NYC as part of one their one-act play festivals as well as the Lone Star Theatre Ensemble at the Hothouse in Los Angeles in 2005. (1 middle-aged woman, the voice of one 30 something woman, 2 late teenaged women, 1 late teens to early 20s male.