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The Fortification of Miss Grace Wren
by Robin Rice Lichtig

#2005-0007

ISBN #1-933159-12-X

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Cast Requirements: 1M/1W

Breakdown:

	GRACE WREN: A middle-aged New York elementary school teacher. Self-effacing.
	PETER STUYVESANT: 50-plus. Statue of the statesman come to life. Dutch. Self-assured. Blind.

Plot Summary

Late September, 2001.
A small churchyard, East Village, Manhattan.

An elementary school teacher can't cope with the present. She wants to escape into the past. Thanks to an historical figure who stands astride the 17th and 21st Centuries, she finds the strength and desire to continue her life.

Running Time: Approximately 1/2 hour.

Properties List

	A purse
	Books
	Cake in box
	Unhusked corn on the cob
	Sunglasses

Sound Effects

	Westminster chimes
	Pigeons cooing
	Sirens (multiple)
	A whoosh of wind
	17th Century Baroque music

Costume Plot

PETER: Costumed as authentically as possible, complete with peg leg and staff. Peg leg <right> can be fashioned by attaching a strip of cloth <to match the statue> to a band secured just below the knee, stretching the strip and attaching the other end to the forefoot. Below the knee, the actor would wear a black stocking - no shoe. He is light gray or green-tinged marble from head to toe.

GRACE: Simple, severe to start, but looses up and becomes more “romantic,” actually seems to become younger beginning with the cake-eating. She changes her top between her classroom scene and next entrance.

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“It (the play) is a thoughtful reminder that history past often understands the demons of the present”

“An informal blend of kindness, eloquence and wit… the very representative of irretrievable innocence in a world upside down.”

- Jean Bartlett,
Arts Correspondent, Pacific Tribune

“It is one of the most touching pieces relating to 9/11 that I have seen, told with simplicity and earnestness of a grade school history lesson.” - Julie Sharbutt, offoffonline

$4.05/individual copy

$20/package +
$30/performance royalty

Author Biography

headshot_2.jpg (91361 bytes) New York playwright ROBIN RICE LICHTIG has authored plays which have been onstage from Alaska to Florida, Amsterdam to South Africa. Publishers: Dramatic, Bakers, Brooklyn, ArtAge, JAC. Residencies: Cleveland Public (PLAY NICE!), The Lark (HUMANS REMAIN). Select producers: Bailiwick Rep. and Stockyards (Chicago), Bloomington Playwrights Project (IN), NJ Rep., Alleyway (Buffalo), Toronto Fringe, Mae West Fest (Seattle). NY producers include: HERE, Miranda, New Georges, Six Figures, The DrillingCompaNY, Fourth Unity, Pulse, Axial, Looking Glass, Chashama, Word-of-Mouth. Awards: Jane Chambers (EMBRACING THE UNDERTOAD), Moondance (LOLA AND THE PLANET OF GLORIOUS DIVERSITY), Maxim Mazumdar (HARMONY), Perishable and Reva Shiner (ST. ANTHONY AND THE APPENDIX), Samuel French (THE FORTIFICATION OF MISS GRACE WREN), and TADA! Member: PEN Central, Manhattan Oracles, International Centre for Women Playwrights, Dramatists Guild. www.dramamama.net.

NEW NEWS:
11/18/05: Robin Rice Lictig's "Grannie Bird" was awarded third in the Kernodle International Competition.