FALLING APART
FALLING APART – SYNOPSIS
Harry Oldfield is 40, happily married to Cassie, father of Emma, secure in his career as a teacher of drama, comfortable with his friends……..and just about to crash head on into the brick wall that is a mid life crisis! Of course, he is helped into the crisis be the scheming attentions of one of his attractive students, Sandra, who will stop at nothing to get good grades. Confused and insecure, Harry tries to find solutions at the bottom of a whiskey glass, which further aggravates his dilemma. As he gradually loses hold of his family, his friends, his career and his senses….the love of his beautiful daughter is the straw to which he desperately clings, and the realisation that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the tracks.
CHARACTERS:
HARRY OLDFIELD Strong Dramatic role. Tenor/Baritone.
CASSIE OLDFIELD His devoted wife. Strong drama. Soprano.
EMMA OLDFIELD 10 year old daughter. Singing and dancing.
LANCE Character/comedy. Non-singing.
KEN Harrys friend and boss. Tenor.
JESSIE Kens long suffering wife. Char. Alto.
BARNEY Family friend. Comedy. Tenor/baritone.
ALICE Barneys frustrated wife. Comedy. Mezzo.
MICHAEL Recently divorced. Sincere. Non-singing.
ALEC Harrys friend. Playboy. Non-singing.
ZACK Cynical but sincere barman. Non-singing.
SANDRA CASSELLS Character/song and dance role. Mezzo.
PAUL Her boyfriend. Song and dance, Tenor.
DARLENE Sandras mate, Song and dance. Mezzo.
LINUS and PUTZ Students. Wannabe’s. Song and dance.
Various other Student and Adult cameo roles.
SCENES:
A Bar. A Kitchenette. College Drama Studio. A Living Room. Night-club. A Bedroom. A Courtroom (Dream Scene).
CHORUSES:
Massive choral piece Shame, Shame, Shame.
SATB for One Perfect Love, Go Daddy Go, Look at Us Now.
DANCE:
BIG routines for Times Movin On, Go Daddy Go, Black and White.
Big staging for Shame, Shame, Shame, and Sandra Cassells, Superstar.
PRESENTED BY:
First Act MC, Encore Theatre Co, Rush Musical Soc.
