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Asian Shade

Asian Shade
Your Price: $18.99 CDN
Last copy!
Author: Larry Ketron
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 70
Pub. Date: 1983
ISBN-10: 0822200716
ISBN-13: 9780822200710
Cast Size: 3 female, 3 male

About the Play:

HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of copies are still available.

Asian Shade has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female/Male Scenes.

Asian Shade is a full-length comedic drama by Larry Ketron. This probing, warmly humorous play by one of American theatre's most accomplished playwrights uses the outer bravado and exuberance of two Vietnam-bound GI's to expose their inner fears and vulnerability.

Asian Shade follows two young recruits during their leave before shipping off to the Vietnam War. They have been given the use of a lakeside cabin by a prosperous local farmer. Disturbed by the mixed reception given them by some of the townspeople (for whom the U.S. involvement in Vietnam is very much a debatable issue), they hole up in the cottage with two local girls, friends from high-school days, as constant companions. Their intention is to spend their time partying and "making out," but the spectre of what awaits them is never out of mind, and when their benefactor announces that he has "connections" that will make it possible to have them reassigned to duty in California they are cautiously hopeful. But the inevitable, in the end, cannot be avoided: Their girlfriends are hesitant to become seriously involved with young men in their unpredictable situation, and their patron's influence proves to be less than he claimed. When their leave is over they ship out, one to die in combat, the other to return home sobered and saddened by his experiences but, as the play ends, hopeful of picking up the pieces of his life and making a fresh start.

Asian Shade was first presented in 1983 off Broadway by New York's noted WPA Theatre. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and has been performed in regional and college theatre productions.

Cast: 3 female, 3 male

What people say:

"…tenderly observed coming-of-age play…." — New York Post

"…homespun humor and a gift for local color…." — New York Times

About the Playwright:

Larry Ketron is an American playwright who was born in Kingsport, Tennessee. He was educated at the University of Tennessee and spent two years in the United States Army. His plays have been produced Off-Broadway, regionally, and internationally at theatres including Playwrights Horizons, The Manhattan Theatre Club, and the WPA Theatre.