Dead Wait
Two dead waiters and Jayne Mansfield in Limbo. A meditation on being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Cast Requirements
2 men
1 woman
Set Description
An antechamber of limbo; two waiter stations and a raised chaise, suspended from the ceiling if possible.
Honors
Winner: Perishable Theatre’s Women’s Playwriting Festival (1999).
Publisher
Playscripts, Inc.
Press
“Diverting and much funnier than its ghoulish outlines might suggest.”
—Quinton Skinner, City Pages
Production and Development History
Productions: Clubbed Thumb at HERE (1997); The Actors Gang, LA (2004); Emigrant Theater, Minneapolis (2005).