“About Don Greco”

Schandl, C. E. (Canadian playwright, English language teacher/university lecturer, writer, 1962-____), “About Don Greco,”

a 50-minute slapstick comedy in English, set in the Hollywood Cafe, Hollywood, California, U.S.A., late afternoon in late summer, 2004,

2m2f (+1m2f extras)

; • © 2004 by C. E. Schandl; • in C. E. Schandl’s About Don Greco (Toronto, Canada: The Author, 2004); • script/rights available from C. E. Schandl, 606-195 Wynford Drive, Toronto M3C 3P3, Canada, e-mail soapwriter2002@yahoo.com. • Cited by C. E. Schandl via ftp July 2, 2004; Schandl says, § Dramatis Personae Taylor Taylor (m), 40, British actor, unemployed has-been action star; Franz (m), 35, American con artist pretending to be a Swiss-German businessman; Rosie (f), 45, head writer of a soap opera with New Yorker accent; Lana (f), 35, American con artist pretending to be Franz’ business partner; Man in Trenchcoat (m extra), 45, Italian; Waitress (f extra), 25, French; blonde (f extra), 25, American supermodel.

§ Synopsis “At the Hollywood Café, Taylor Taylor, unemployed has been action star, must prove to the head writer of a soap opera that he can indeed play a villain—on the spot! Taylor has to ‘be’ the character of Don Greco, international mobster and does just that, conning a pair of con artists in the process.

§ Comment “In the end, however, things are not quite what they seem!” • Contact playwright via e-mail, not postal mail.

§ Themes Hollywood actor, sitcom, slapstick, soap opera, spoof.

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