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Winner of Connecticut's ACT CONN Best Production Award Siblings is a musical celebration of brother and sister relationships. Each cast member portrays several characters in a series on monologues, songs, and scenes that explore the rivalry, loyalty, jealousy, and love that epitomize the lives of a variety of sisters and brothers.
Corinna Clendenen of the Shore Line Times writes: "...The props set the stage. They consist of 4-foot-high sculptural letters that spell out "SIBLINGS." These white props are draped with an assortment of clothes, like a messy room. "The nine-member cast plays a variety of teenage brothers and sisters who wrestle with typical family rivalries and attachments. Their spats include fighting over the telephone, a bicycle, the bathroom, the computer, which parent loves who best. The lyrics allow the siblings to describe their relationships in the slang of their own generation - 'We love 'em a lot - NOT'" "... The Broadway show tune style, with its fast beat, is well woven with the dialog. The exchange between spoken word and dialog is quick, at times rapid-fire, with lines shouted between bits of song. This is quite appropriate for the teenagers who play it." ...
Running time: ~ 75 minutes This show script can scale up from a minimal cast of nine actors playing multiple roles to a larger cast with individual roles. Read the entire Shore Line Times review (PDF)!
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