COMPLETE GAME A Play in Nine Innings by Mark Liebert Mark Liebert 69 Fairway Avenue Verona, NJ 07044 201-207-4785
[email protected] Copyright by the author 2019 WARM UP PITCH: CASEY AT THE BAT, Sunday 9/26/20 FIRST INNING: NO JOY IN MUDVILLE, Friday 9/25/70 SECOND INNING: CRUNCH TIME, Saturday afternoon 9/26/70 THIRD INNING: TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, Saturday evening 9/26/70 FOURTH INNING: PITCHING IN THE MIRROR, Saturday 10/3/70 FIFTH INNING: FATHER AND SON GAME, Sunday 10/4/70 SIXTH INNING: TURNING TWO, Saturday 10/17/70 SEVENTH INNING: IT'S A STRETCH, Saturday 10/24/70 EIGHTH INNING: TIE GAME, Sunday 11/8/18 NINTH INNING: THE CLOSER, Sunday 11/8/18 SETTING TIME: The fall of 1970 PLACE: 5 different locations in metropolitan NYC PRODUCTION NOTES All scenes use a couch, chair, coffee table, end table and tv rearranged to depict the five different locations. the tv may be real or imagined. additional pieces may be used, but not to the detriment of keeping the scene changes quick and interrupting the flow. It can be performed with or without an intermission. If you choose to use an intermission it should come between the fifth and sixth innings. CAST OF CHARACTERS (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) CASEY O'NEILL: MALE, 78, OF "CASEY AT THE BAT" FAME STASH JENGLESKI: MALE, 84, THE PITCHER WHO STRUCK HIM OUT MAX: MALE, 57, AN OBSESSIVE BASEBALL FAN SARAH: FEMALE, 51, MAX'S WIFE ALI: FEMALE, 28 JESS: FEMALE, 28, ALI'S BEST FRIEND JAKE: MALE, 50 TILLIE: FEMALE, 78, JAKE'S MOTHER SAUL: MALE, 90, A RESIDENT OF A NURSING HOME WITH DEMENTIA CHUCK: MALE, 58, SAUL'S SON SANDY: MALE, 30 COMPLETE GAME: WARM UP PITCH “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is heard, the silhouette lights come up as the song ends.