Running in the Red
By Karl Tiedemann.
Product Code: R67000
Full-length Play
Cast size: 8m, 3w or 6m, 5w.
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Rights and availability
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Synopsis
It's 1934, and the vaudeville team of Jerry Walker and Eve Williams is about to break into the big time with their own coast-to-coast radio comedy show. But Eve's already tired of her Gracie Allenish "dumb blond" character and threatens to quit so that she can return to college and finish getting her degree in psychology. However, her plan founders when she learns that a young relative has embraced Bolshevism and given away all her money to the local Communist Party! Worse, a hard-bitten newspaper columnist begins to sniff around, and Eve and Jerry must prevent him from discovering that Eve is broke, brilliant and inadvertently supporting the Reds. Add to this mix two crazy gag writers, a dubious potential radio sponsor, Eve's Yale professor fiancé, a stuffy lady from a publishing house, and a fictitious serial killer, and the result is a hilarious mix of one-liners, crosstalk, and wild physical comedy.
Notes
Livestream and Record & Stream Rights Available
Details
- Status In stock
- Type of Show Full-length Play
- Product Code R67000
- Minimum Cast Size 11
- Pages of Dialogue 128
- Min. Royalty Rate $90.00/perf
- Approx. Run Time 165 min
- Staging One int. set.
Categories
- ISBN(13) 9781583420096
Customer Reviews
This is a very funny play which brings together slapstick comedy and subtle satire. Characters are stereotypical and well defined, highlighting different personality characteristics and hilarious conflicts due to their interaction and objectives.
Karl Tiedemann's Running in the Red is both actor and audience friendly. The cast had a great time in rehearsals, and subsequent performances were very well received. It is a great show, and we were honored to do it.
Not only did we sell out this show, but Running in the Red has already garnered several awards for Onstage in Bedford...given to the (Dallas-Fort Worth) metroplex. I had the honor of playing the wonderful "Eve" and my boyfriend directed. This was the first time we have worked as actor and director. What a wonderful joy to experience it with such an amazing script ... Our preview night had a group of senior citizens who lived in that time period and they thought it was the best thing. We had numerous patrons see the play three or four times because they thought it was so hilarious and because it had machine gun pace and timing! Although I may be biased, I think that Running is a gem to be found by any community theatre. I have been raving to several theatres in the area that they need to mount it.
This script is so well written. The comedy is genuine and the historical references give it depth. This quick-paced comedy is fun to perform, takes an on-task crew, and keeps the audience laughing nonstop.
A complete laugh riot that pays homage to all of the best of old-time radio and film.
A fast-paced, verbally witty and slapstick comedyÑlaughter begins as the curtains open and doesn't stop until curtain callÑa real audience favorite!
When we perfomed Red … teachers, superintendents, assorted guests sought me out and commented on the show in terms of 'Why haven't we seen this on Broadway?' … They said it was so funny, better than things they've paid top dollar for. They wanted to know how we found such a great choice of play.
Media Reviews
"Opens fast and never lets up with one-liners and classic lines from vaudeville. A nostalgic look at America's golden age of radio as seen through the eyes of some of its zaniest inhabitants." -Citizen-Times, AshevilleGallery
Running in the Red - Mentor College, Mississauga, Ontario
Running in the Red - Rochester Civic Theatre, Rochester, MN
Tina Smith, New Covenant Academy, Springfield, Mo.