ISBN #1-60513-091-5
JAC #2010-0032

Cast Requirements

HARRY: A graphic artist in his twenties.
ANNE: A pretty girl in her twenties.

Setting
The present. A bench in Central Park, New York City. Autumn. Dusk.

Synopsis
Talking to Strangers is a one act comedy set in New York City, about a young man and woman who meet by accident on a bench in Central Park. Anne’s boyfriend has just knocked her into a fountain and she enters dripping wet. At first put off by her openness, Harry, a friendly but quiet graphic artist, seeks to end the conversation quickly, but then finds Anne more interesting as she reveals her insecurities to him, and they develop a friendship through a long conversation about their jobs, love lives, dates with celebrity look-alikes, and loss of virginity. At the end of the play Harry invites Anne to spend the night on a sofa in his apartment, just to get away from her boyfriend – but will Anne accept his invitation?

Playwright Biography

Martha Patterson has written more than 50 plays and has been published in four anthologies by the International Centre for Women Playwrights as well as in collections by JAC Publishing. Her work has been produced Off-Off-Broadway and in Washington, Oregon, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Massachusetts, as well as in Korea and Australia. She has also had a half-hour mystery produced by Shoestring Radio Theatre in San Francisco. She earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and an M.A. from Emerson College, both degrees in Theatre. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the International Centre for Women Playwrights, Screen Actors Guild, and Actors’ Equity Association.

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