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Trapped in My Own Life
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Trapped in My Own Life
Trapped in My Own Life
by Greg Freier
An Absurdist Comedy in Two Acts
2W / 4M
Approximate Playing Time: 100 minutes
Aspiring writer Augie Morello is the odd man out in a functionally dysfunctional family where each day is like Ground Hog Day. His grandfather Pops has a bizarre habit of wandering into the bathroom when others are showering. Dimwitted brother Angelo lives to kill him and sister Angie fleeces him out of his paycheck to teach him to type so he can submit his first story to a publisher. Mother, Lisa and father, Leo, whose shouting matches over everything from fish money to meatloaf sandwiches set the tone for the household dynamics that lives from paycheck to paycheck. When his father, brother and sister lose their jobs, Augie immediately lands a second menial job at the deli around the corner with no more respect than he had before. But when his first story sells at three times the mortgage, he suddenly becomes the favored son with an ultimatum to assume the role of breadwinner or finally achieve the dream of living alone. Set in 1954 in a dingy row house in New York, the Morellos will remind us that there is an Augie inside each of us, trapped in our own life in a family we hate to love.
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$60.00 Royalty per Performance
$20.00 Single-Use Copyright Fee