| Pensacola by
David-Matthew Barnes ISBN
#1-60513-055-9
JAC# 2009-0025
The Cast
- TRUDY BAKER: Mid 40s. A single mother, cocktail
waitress and true survivor. She appears to be a simple woman, and is
unaware of her natural beauty; her sex appeal.
CHARLOTTE NORWOOD: 26. Trudy’s eldest daughter, who visits regularly. A
young mother and a wife, she has honey-colored hair which she wears in a
ponytail. Charlotte harbors feelings of self-blame. Lacks self-esteem.
- MARIE BAKER: 18. Trudy’s youngest daughter. Still
lives with her mother. A young woman in search of her destiny. A
dreamer. A romantic. Irresistible. She radiates with youthful energy,
eternal optimism. She is the epitome of an all-American girl, the
personification of a ray of sunshine.
- BERNIECE COLE: Early 40s. She is colorful and loud,
flamboyant and starved for attention. Has an affinity for younger men.
She wears a huge wig. She has a thick Southern accent. A gossip, but a
real friend.
- STEVEN NORWOOD: 27. A young husband and a young
father. He is a dark-haired man with a baby face, a sense of permanent
lust in his eyes; a young Elvis Presley. Feels like a failure. Sexy.
Intense.
- MIGUEL CASTILLO: 22. He is very extremely handsome,
romantic, sensual, poetic and Cuban.
Synopsis
This touching and humorous play explores the
lives of four Southern women. Trudy has been a single mother since her
husband went to work one day and never came home. Since then, she has tried
to find a cure for her loneliness while working as a cocktail waitress at
The Tide Pool. Charlotte is married and has two daughters of her own.
Recently, Charlotte suspects that her husband has been unfaithful and that
their marriage is falling apart. Marie, a recent high school graduate, has
had a difficult time deciding on the right career for herself and ponders
over going to secretary school, competing for the title of Miss Florida or
becoming the U.S. Ambassador to Cuba. Always armed with the best gossip in
town, Trudy’s best friend Berniece decides to end her affair with a younger
man when a life-altering tragedy hits home. Pensacola is a powerful and
heart-warming celebration of family, love and strength.
Playwright Biography
![[dmb25a.jpg]](../Playwrights/DMBarnes.jpg) David-Matthew
Barnes is the author of the young adult novels Mesmerized
and Swimming to Chicago, the suspense thriller Accidents
Never Happen, and the rock 'n' roll love story The Jetsetters, published
by Bold Strokes Books. He wrote and directed the coming-of-age film
Frozen Stars, which received worldwide distribution. He is the
screenwriter of the upcoming horror film Scare Me, Kill Me. He
is the author of over forty stage plays that have been performed in
three languages in eight countries. His literary work has appeared in
over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes,
The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best Women's Stage
Monologues, The Comstock Review, Review Americana,
and The Southeast Review. David-Matthew is the national
recipient of the 2011 Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award. In addtion, he's
received the Carrie McCray Literary Award, the Slam Boston Award for
Best Play, and earned double awards for poetry and playwriting in the
World AIDS Day Writing Contest. David-Matthew earned a Master of Fine
Arts in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North
Carolina. He is a faculty member at Southern Crescent Technical College
in Griffin, Georgia where he teaches courses in English, humanities,
speech, and theatre. For more information, please visit
www.davidmatthewbarnes.com.
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"Pensacola depicts the lives of an eclectic
collection of Southerners in the tradition of Tennessee
Williams...humorous and witty dialogue...the authentic portrayal of
human nature...the poignant depiction of people reacting to crushed
dreams..."
The California Aggie
"Pensacola, both touching and humorous, explores the lives of four
eclectic Southern women as they discover their personal strengths and
destinies...think Steel Magnolias by way of Tennessee Williams, with a
detour through the mind of Elmore Leonard..."
Charlotte Theatre Magazine
"At turns comedic and dramatic (but always impressive), the
Southern-flavored dialogue of Pensacola brought readily to mind the
works of Tennessee Williams...warm-hearted and heart-warming..."
The Night Cap
"Recent events add poignancy to its message about the randomness of
violence and the fragility of love..."
The Sacramento Bee
"The reaction of some of the women to an immigrant as a love interest
gives Pensacola a social slant that the all-white small-town characters
of Steel Magnolias lacked...Barnes has engineered some amusing
dialogue..."
The Sacramento News & Review
"If you enjoy community theater as much as I do then you must see
Pensacola...very artistic...I was swept away and enthralled in their
lives... Truly an amazing play..."
www.seeaplay.com
Considered Barnes'
Sloe Gin Fizz, his one-act
CLEAN,
or a play from his trilogy
Don't Mention It!
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