Micci, Ronald (American playwright, advertising proofreader,
1948-____), “Rough Cut,”
a 10-minute comedy/melodrama in English, set in a men’s
haircutting salon (barber shop) in Beverly Hills, October, 1997,
3m,
© 1997 by Ronald V. Micci; • script/rights
available from Ronald Micci,
75 Vreeland Avenue, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070, U.S.A., voice mail, (work)
212-297-7290, (home) 201-438-3267, email: RMicci@mail.batesww.com.
• Cited by Ronald Micci via ftp, October 20, 1997; Micci says,
§ Dramatis Personae
Bernie (m), a former Hollywood writer; Murray (m), his partner; Barber
(m), a kid.
§ Synopsis “Bernie occupies
barber’s chair in haircutting salon, getting a trim. He reminisces about
his days as a Hollywood writer as Murray looks on. When he gets to the
part about being forced to sell used cars instead of write scripts, growing
hostile—‘What did I know about selling cars,’ or words to that effect—his
friend pulls a gun and they rob the place, forcing the kid to empty the
register.
§ Comment “References
include A. M. Raychel, Artistic Director, The Theatre-Studio, 750 Eighth
Avenue, Suite 200, New York City, New York 10036, telephone 212-719-0500;
Van Dirk Fisher, Artistic Director, The Riant Theatre, 161 Hudson Street,
4th Floor, New York City, New York 10013, telephone 212-925-8353; Turnip
Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre, 145 West 46th Street, New York City,
New York 10036, telephone 212-768-4016; Marie Filippino, President, Beggars
Row Theatre Company & Workshop, Inc., P.O. Box 6207, Parsippany, New
Jersey 07054, telephone 201-428-6048; Steppin’ Out Productions, The Kraine
Theater, 85 East 4th Street, New York City, New York, telephone 212-614-0089.
[Addendum November 17, 1998] An earlier draft of this play was staged
at the Riant Theatre, in New York, as part of the Strawberry One-Act Festival
in June, 1998.”
Addendum, 020312: “Rough Cut (3m) (10 min.)
A couple of middle-aged Jewish crooks schmooze a young
haircutter
in a Beverly Hills salon with tales of old Hollywood,
then stick up
the place.”
§ Themes gun, haircut, Hollywood, reminiscence, robbery, sales, theft, writing.
See also Ron Micci’s:
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“Addie and Me,”
a melodrama, set in the bedroom of Melanie, a teenage girl, night, 2000,
1f
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“Attack of the
Radar People,” a 15-minute radio farce, set in an old-time radio broadcast
studio, 1950s, 2m1f (or 3m1f)
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“Biff Bang, American
Hero,” a 10-minute comedy spoof of radio cliffhangers in English, set
in the cockpit of Biff’s fighter bomber, 1998, 2m1f
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“Dark Snow,” a
10-minute melodramatic monologue in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s
home in the New York woods, 1997, 1f [see items below for 2f versions]
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“Dark Snow,” a
5-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home in
the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow, Evening,”
a 10-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home
in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow, Morning,”
a 10-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s home
in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dark Snow,” definitive
version, a 20-minute melodrama in English set in the parlor of Aunt Lida’s
home in the New York woods, 1997, 2f [see above for 1f version]
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“Dink Fast, Harry!” a 10-minute detective
comedy-melodrama in English, set in Harry Dinker’s dumpy office, daytime,
1998, 2m1f
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“Director's Cut,”
a 7-minute film noir, set on a Hollywood set, 1940s, 2m
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“Flying Medusas,” a 10-minute contemporary
farce in English, set in the theater of the absurd, at no specified time,
1m1f
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“The Grackle,” a 10-minute radio melodrama-farce
in English, set in a radio broadcast studio, 1930s, 2m1f (but could be
played with any combo of m/f)
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“Happy Endings,”
a 15-minute comedy-fantasy in English, set in
the living-room of Cornweevil homestead in Midwest, 1996, 2m1f
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“Harry Dinker,
Private Eye,”a 10-minute detective parody in English, set in Harry
Dinker’s office in the “downtown section of a grimy city nobody has any
use for,” afternoon, 1998,1m1f or 2m
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“Heat Lightning,” a 15-minute comedy-melodrama
in English, set in the downstairs parlor of a broken-down Southern
mansion, on a stormy night, May, 2001, 1m1f
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“Herman,” a 10
minute comedy in English, 1m3f
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“High Concept Harry,”
a 20-minute dark comedy in English, set in Harry Fleck’s literary/talent
office in Hollywood, afternoon, 2000, 2m
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“I, Dadius,” a
15-minute comedy-drama in English, set in the living room of a cozy suburban
home, winter, 2000, 1m
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“I Sing to You
of Robin Hood,” a 15-minute comedy in English, set in a tavern in Nottingham,
12th century, 3m1f
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“Kid Valium,”
a 15-minute comedy in English, set in a big city gymnasium, the day of
the big title fight, 2000, 3m1f
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“Love’s Cousin
in the Carolinas,” a 13-minute romantic comedy in English, set at a
park bench in the suburbanNortheast, U.S.A., a Saturday afternoon in late
summer, 1998, 1m1f
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“Moonlight’s Little Madness,” a 40-minute
drawing room farce in English set in the parlor of the Prescott country
estate, England, a spring evening during the Victorian Era, 2m
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“Mr. Gilkey’s Flagpole,”
a 15-minute comedy in English, set on the lawn of Mr. Gilkey's home in
England, afternoon, 1998, 1m2f
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“November,” a
15-minute tragedy in English in two scenes, set (1) in the downstairs of
a house on a lake in the Northeastern United States and (2) on the lake,
a November afternoon, 2000, 1m1f
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“Parasites of Ol’
Broadway,” a 15-minute comedy/melodrama in English, set in an alleyway
on Lower Broadway, October, 1997, 2m1f
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“A Public Service
Announcement,” a bare-stage 5-minute contemporary surrealist farce
in English, set in an abstract area, daytime,
2001, 1m1f
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“Tea Cozy,”a 12-minute
melodrama, in English, set in The living room of a suburban home, midday,
1998, 2f
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“Thank You, Charlie
Chan,” a 10-minute crime melodrama. set in a hotel room in midtown
Manhattan, night, 1930s, 3m
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“Thebes Like Us,”
a 10-minute spy parody in English set in a cafe on the Nile, 1996, 2m1f
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“Thin Laughter in Heaven,” a 10-minute bare-stage
melodrama in English, set on a cliff overlooking a lake, May, 2001, 1m
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“Tragic &
Trapped in Teaneck,” a 13-minute comic melodrama in English, set in
the parlor of a home in Teaneck,New Jersey, U.S.A., afternoon, turn of
the last century, 2m1f
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“Wild About Harry!” a 15-minute detective
farce in English, set in a sleazy gin joint; later, Harry’s apartment,
night, 2001, 2m1f
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