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Welcome To Betty's DinerPlay
What if you went back in time and didn’t feel like returning? Olivia is a nostalgia-obsessed millennial who has just stumbled upon a defunct diner in the New Mexico desert along Route 66. One touch of a dusty, wall-mounted telephone and she’s suddenly whisked away to 1958. While her road-tripping friend in 2021 tries to rework the magic and bring her back to the present, Olivia adjusts to the world of Santa Rosita in an era of poodle skirts, slick-haired hooligans, and golden oldies.
At Betty’s Diner, a beloved eatery along the highway, Olivia gets her fill of eccentric locals: the pageant queen past her prime and her delinquent boyfriend; the tough-but-compassionate owner and the World War II veteran in love with her. But in Donna, a monster movie-loving mechanic, Olivia finds a reason to stay behind. Grab a booth, order a milkshake, and Welcome to Betty’s Diner. Staged Reading
Plays on Tap Copious Love Productions, Seattle, WA September 3, 2024 Developed through the Cafe Nordo Slow Cooker
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How to LeavePlay
(available in Stage and Virtual versions) Co-Written by Kiki Penoyer “Do you want to move in with me?”
“Will you marry me?” “Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?” “I want a divorce.” Four people, four moments in a romantic relationship, four tough decisions. A young actor coming down from a breakup contemplates the cost of his career of moving in with his dashing director. A photographer stuck working at a department store considers a marriage proposal from her high school sweetheart. A washed-up singer reflects on the disaster of his first marriage just seconds away from his second. A failed writer’s struggle with depression threatens to ruin the one good thing in her life—her wife. |
