Answering the Echo

Harris, Larry (aka Lawrence R. Harris, American playwright, screenwriter, 1960-____), “Answering the Echo,”
, set no particular place, no particular time

a 12-minute sex farce in English,

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© 2002 by Larry Harris;

• in Larry Harris’ Answering the Echo (New York: The Author, 2002);

• script/rights available from Larry Harris, 22 East 36th Street #4A, New York, New York 10016-3419, U.S.A., telephone (home) 212.645.4834, e-mail Lharris.nyc@verizon.net.

• Cited by Larry Harris, via ftp, November 11, 2002.

Dramatis Personae

Phil Entwein (m), 45, staid, organized husband of Dora; Dora Entwein (f), 45, artsy, outgoing wife of Phil.

Synopsis

“Dora pretends not to notice a message she finds written on Phil’s back from ‘the other woman.’ Dora continues their active (and suddenly more passionate) sex life so that she can secretly write back to her rival on Phil’s skin.

Comment

• “Scripts can be ordered by people 18 years of age or older by contacting the playwright.

• “This presentational story is told directly to the audience. At any given moment we could be at home, a friend’s dinner party, the gym, church, etc. Really we are just in the presence of these characters in the here and now. It is best performed with few or no props.

• Premiered at INTAR 53, 508 West 53rd Street, New York City, New York 10019, produced by the Emerging Artists Theatre Company, 464 W. 25th St. #4, New York, New York 10001-6501. U.S.A., telephone 212-247-2429, e-mail EatTheatre@gmail.com.”

• “Larry Harris has worked in the literary offices of the Guthrie Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club and McCarter Theatre. He earned his MFA in dramaturgy from Columbia University. Larry’s full-length, The Kitchen of Heaven, was produced by EAT at NY’s Mint Theatre in 1999. Larry co-wrote and associate produced the PBS documentary series Black and White in Exile. His one-act sex farce “Answering the Echo” won four awards in the 9th Annual New York City 15-Minute Play Festival, including Honorable Mention for Best Play. This play was the inspiration for Larry’s spec screenplay Trick of the Eye. His other screenplays include Tools of Ignorance (about baseball player-turned-spy Moe Berg) and Collector’s Item (a romance for the aged).”—e-mail from the playwright, June 1, 2004.

• Page mounted November 19, 2002, updated December 9, 2002, June 26, 2004, April 25, 2005, December 23, 27, 2008, by the Webmaster.

Themes

infidelity, jealousy, lust, marriage, passion, sex, truth.