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Title: Proposals
Author(s): Neil Simon
Licensing Agent: Samuel French, Inc
Genre: Comedy
Length: Full Length
Male Roles: 5
Female Roles: 4
Extras: 0

Description: This memory play delightfully recalls the last time the Hines family gathered at their retreat in the Poconos. That summer in 1953 was one of animated romantic entanglements that overlap on one idyllic afternoon. Burt Hines, a 55 year old recovering workaholic convalescing from a second heart attack, eagerly anticipates the arrival of the ex wife he still loves. His daughter Josie has just broken her engagement to an intense Harvard law student and pines for his buddy Ray, an aspiring writer with whom she once had a brief fling. Clemma, the black housekeeper at the center of the action (played to acclaim on Broadway by L. Scott Caldwell), is dreading a visit from the husband who deserted her years before. He strolls in with one working eye, one working hand and a guilty conscience. A model with a strikingly dim intellect shows up on Ray's arm, and a young Miami gangster with a gift for malapropisms brings comic hilarity to the gathering.

Character Gender Role Size Min Age Max Age Description
Clemma Diggens F 40 50 African-American female
Burt Hines M 50 60 Smokes cigarettes, has a heart condition
Josie Hines F 20 30 Athletic body, brimming with health and vitality. Pretty with a determined and intelligent face. Burt and Annie's daughter
Ken Norman M 20 30 Alittle Brooks Brothers. Josie's ex-fiance
Ray Dolenz M 20 30 Athletic, attractive and bright.
Annie Robbins F 40 50 Attractive, smartly dressed. Burt's ex-wife.
Vinnie Bavasi M 20 35 Dialect is very New York. He smiles a lot, and fixes his collar a lot. There's something very cheery about him. Josie's friend from Miami.
Sammii F 20 30 Gorgeous in a model sort of way. Not terribly bright.
Lewis Barnett M 50 55 African-American man, slight graying in the hair. Clemma's estranged husband.

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Alton Little Theater 2003 DETAILS!

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