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  • 1.  Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-22-2020 14:35
    Hi!

    I'm looking for a five minute dramatic scene between two lesbian woman. It has to be from a published play. Any ideas?

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    Jordan Becknell
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    Student
    Encinitas, CA
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  • 2.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-22-2020 15:01
    Stop Kiss by Diana Son. There are at least three scenes that would be long enough.

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    Ken Buswell
    Drama Teacher
    Peachtree City, GA
    http://mcintoshtheater.org/

    Theater kills ignorance
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  • 3.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-22-2020 19:14
    You've probably already thought of this one, but if not--
    The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman

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    Director, The High School Drama Institute
    The Catholic University of America
    Washington, DC
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  • 4.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-23-2020 10:43

    Not sure if Almost, Maine would work?  I cannot remember the title of the scene but there is one for women and one for men.  


    Kathryn Young 



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    Kathryn Young
    Theatre Instructor
    Weed CA
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  • 5.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-23-2020 12:48
    The scene in Almost, Maine is titled "They Fell," but you have to be sure to get a copy of the revised version, where the scene is given both in its original version for Chad and Randy and in a re-written version for Deena and Shelly.

    John Cariani's follow-up play, Love/Sick, has a good dramatic scene for a lesbian couple titled "Where Was I?"  Two of my students performed it in class earlier this school year.

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    Jeff Grove
    Theatre Teacher, Aesthetics Department Chair
    Stanton College Preparatory School
    Jacksonville FL
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  • 6.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-24-2020 12:04
    I've had students work on Stop Kiss, by Diana Son, and Kiss and Cry, by Tom Rowan.



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  • 7.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-23-2020 11:10
    There's also The Killing of Sister George.... I remember doing a scene from it while I was in college.

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    Kaila Schwartz
    Theatre Arts, Director
    Milpitas Unified School District
    San Jose CA
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  • 8.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-24-2020 08:15
    I second "Stop Kiss" and also recommend "The Children's Hour" for an older work.

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    Patti Veconi
    Brooklyn NY
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  • 9.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-24-2020 08:18
    Actually, I now remember that only one of the two women in "The Children's Hour" is a lesbian.

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    Patti Veconi
    Brooklyn NY
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  • 10.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-24-2020 09:14
    There's another issue with The Children's Hour, and it's fresh in my mind because two of my students performed the last big Karen/Martha scene in class yesterday, and I brought this up for discussion after the performance.  Many gay people today have a love-hate relationship with the play, appreciating that it was considered progressive - even shockingly so - in its day, but also seeing that it falls into a whole pack of older plays where gay characters are only portrayed as miserable, unhappy people who end up committing suicide, being murdered, or being institutionalized.  Sensitive handling, however, can still make it theatrically effective, and such plays are historically important as a necessary interim step that led to today's more varied and diverse representation of gay characters onstage.

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    Jeff Grove
    Theatre Teacher, Aesthetics Department Chair
    Stanton College Preparatory School
    Jacksonville FL
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  • 11.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-25-2020 05:19
    Something Unspoken by Tennessee Williams was my favorite in College. It's a short play.

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    Karen Wiebe
    Drama Director
    Burlington KY
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  • 12.  RE: Dramatic two woman scene with lesbian characters

    Posted 01-26-2020 12:52
    "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove" should have some scenes that would work. There is a scene in "Fefu and Her Friends" between two exes, but I don't think it's five minutes long.

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    Cora Turlish
    Metuchen NJ
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