All Other Nights
by Barry Brodsky
#2007-0004ISBN #1-933159-86-3
The Cast
 | RUTH PACKER: Mid-30s, out of work social activist |
| NETTIE PACKER: Ruth’s mother, former singer |
| AARON PACKER: Ruth’s brother, late 30s, not Bob Dylan |
| BEN PACKER: Ruth’s father, Zipper fixer |
| MARK STEIN: Mid-30s, TV writer wannabee |
| OZZIE GOLDMAN: 60s, wise family friend |
Synopsis
Ben Packer has suffered a stroke and can’t continue running his family
business. His wife, Nettie, has sent for their two ne’er-do-well children:
Aaron, a failed folk singer, and Ruth, an idealistic social worker. The family,
along with Ben and Nettie’s only friend, Ozzie, and Mark, an aspiring tv writer who
has longed to marry Ruth, gather for a Passover seder. At the seder, broken dreams
of the past humorously collide with brighter hopes for the future.
The Setting
The Packer household in an east coast city.
Passover, the present.
ACT ONE: Packer kitchen
Scene one: 3:30 AM
Scene two: 7:30 AM
Scene three: 11:30 AM
ACT TWO: Packer dining room/kitchen
Scene one: around 6PM
Scene two: around 8PM
Scene three: around 9PM
Scene four: around 10PM
Scene five: next morning, 7:50AM
Costume Listing
NETTIE: Wears an old, beat-up robe and slippers.
RUTH: Wears a light jacket and jeans.
AARON: Wears scraggly work clothes, is unshaven, generally looks a mess.
BEN: Wears wrinkled pajamas.
OZZIE: Wears a sport jacket, tie, slacks, etc.
MARK: Wears a rumpled sports jacket and slacks; not very neat looking. |
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Props Listing
Kitchen table/chairs; Two credit cards; Long-handled comb; Guitar case; Telephone
Answering Machine; CD Boombox Notebook; Coffee maker/pot; Coffee mugs; Bright orange vest;
Cell phone; Flashlight; Checkbook with check; Six Haggadahs (pamphlets); Bottle of wine;
Wine Glasses; Dinner place settings; Bowl of water;Ice cube tray (empty in Act I; with 1
ice cube in Act II)
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