The Tight Fit
Unit set: The Orbit Diner
An elliptical white countertop stretches horizontally across the entire width of the stage. Presiding as short-order cook and part-time shrink is Simon, whose customers are three missing persons: an actress, a historian, and a mystery writer. Tourette’s syndrome, amnesia, and autism are rampant as they whip up their appetites and piece together the story of the diner and their fragmented relationships.
Cast Requirements
2 women
2 men
Publisher
Plays from the Padua Hills Playwrights Festival
Press
“Now the writer and director, Susan Mosakowski…has decided to detonate the genre that gave us The Iceman Cometh and Kennedy’s Children. The result is a wittily staged, peppery slice of absurdism called The Tight Fit.”
—Ben Brantley, New York Times
“Mosakowski’s The Tight Fit a Large Scale Revelation…. Mosakowski’s design, complete with a large white wall behind the action and a complex light setup, is a work of art in itself.”
—Robert Koehler, Los Angeles Time
Production and Development History
Developed and Premiered : Padua Hills Playwrights Festival, Los Angeles (1991).
New York Premiere: La MaMa E.T.C. (1995).
The Tight Fit
Written and Directed by Susan Mosakowski
Set Concept: Susan Mosakowski
Set Construction: Michael Casselli
Light Design: Pat Dignan
Stage Manager: Lisa DeRensis
Cast: Tom Cayler, Louise Favier, Tina Preston, Jeff Sugarman
The Tight Fit
The Padua Hills Playwriting Festival Production:
Cast: Molly Cleator, Bert Hinchman, Lee Kissman, Tina Preston