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Taking the Plunge

a comedy
This should be the happiest day of Lara’s life. Her father has spent a fortune on a mega tent. Billy Bob’s parents have arrived from Houston. How can she back out now?
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Cast: 3m, 3f
LARA, an anxious young woman
MOM, a cynical mature woman
ANGE, a feisty young woman
MERV, a quiet young man
BILLY BOB, a rugged young man
DAD, a hearty mature man

(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
February 8, 2022

Cast: Devon Werden (Lara), Rocco Spoon (Billy Bob), Grace Angela Henry (Mom), Barry Reitman (Dad), Petra Seirmarco (Ange), Mark Gordon (Merv)
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Petra Seirmarco (Ange), Barry Reitman (Dad), Rocco Spoon (Billy Bob), Devon Werden (Lara) and Grace Angela Henry (Mom)

Picture Deira Bowie Nebauer (Ange) and Kathryn Tohill (Lara), Short+Sweet Melbourne
Short+Sweet Melbourne 2011
Chapel off Chapel
Melbourne, Australia
November 3-11, 2011
Directed by Katrina Fleming
Cast: Kathryn Tohill (Lara), Dan Humphris (Bruce), Lucinda Cowden (Mum), Ross Daniels (Dad), Deira Bowie Nebauer (Ange), Nathan Derrick (Merv)


Short+Sweet Brisbane 2011
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts
Brisbane, Australia
November 8-12, 2011 
Directed by Yvette Martin
Cast: Jena Prince (Lara), Matt Gaffney (Bruce), Emily Pollard (Mum), Wayne Bassett (Dad), Jess Armbrust (Ange), Raj Cabatuando (Merv)

Short+Sweet Auckland 2011
Herald Theatre
Auckland, New Zeland
July 16, 2011
Directed by Rex McGregor
Cast: Julia Hyde (Lara), Aaron Ward (Bruce), Tracey  McGuire (Mum), Ben Baker (Dad), Rebecca Trelease (Ange), Jonathan Riley (Merv)
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Aaron Ward as Bruce and Julia Hyde as Lara
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Rebecca Trelease and Ben Baker
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Jonathan Riley and Tracey McGuire
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Aaron, Julia, Rebecca, Ben, Tracey, Jonathan