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        I’m looking for a senior project. I will be acting.

It’s been a while since I read or saw it, but Ann Jellicoe’s "The Knack" is interesting.  Written in rhythms.  And the female in the cast, while conceived as pudgy, can be played thin.  Mainly, she’s a bit eccentric.  And God knows the play has a pedigree.  I directed a production of it some years ago, and it was a big success.  Black comedy, edgy stuff….. The story revolves around these three guys who share an apartment, and into their midst comes this girl.  One of the guys is a Romeo of sorts and proceeds to teach the resident nerd how to seduce her.  The other guy is, of course, the one she winds up with.  Anyway, she runs circles around them all. The play was written back in the 1960’s, is frequently spoken of in the same breath as "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern."  How ’bout that by the way?  "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?"  No reason why men have to always play those roles.  I’ve seen women do them in my class, and they worked just fine.  Turnabout is fair play.  In Shakespeare’s day, there were no actresses.  No reason why actresses can’t boot the actors out of the play nowadays.<g Ed Hooks

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I posted this request at the end of last year but then lost my newsgroup access over the summer… so, if this looks familiar, sorry… answer again if you can.         I’m looking for a senior project. I will be acting. My advisor and director are dependent on which play I pick so… I can’t ask them for advice as they do not exist yet.         These are my preferences/requirements:         1) It MUST have a good central female role for me to play. I prefer to play in my approximate age range (late teens to mid twenties). I’m also on the petite side… so no "Amazon Woman Sex-Goddess" type roles. hehe.         2) I would like a medium sized cast. 5-7 roles would be ideal.         3) I’m looking for a COMEDY         4) Looking for non-naturalistic language (a la Mac Wellman) so no Neil Simon. Durang is over-done at my school so I’d prefer to stay away from it.         5) While I’d prefer something that hasn’t been done to death- I do need to write an essay so the role should have *some* performance history for me to research. So, if you wrote a script you want me to read, well… I’d love to- but not for my senior project. Thank you for any advice… I have been reading and reading but I still haven’t found the right one. Please e-mail and post if convenient… I will be checking the newsgroup but my server doesn’t seem to get every post.                         – candace

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