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The Kitchen Witches
The Kitchen Witches
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Author: Caroline Smith Publisher: Samuel French Format: Softcover # of Pages: 73 Pub. Date: 2006 ISBN-10: 0573632863 ISBN-13: 9780573632860 Cast Size: 2 women, 2 men
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About the Play:
Won
the 2005 Samuel French
Canadian Playwrights Contest
The Kitchen Witches is a full-length comedy by Caroline
Smith. In our food-centric culture, where The Food Network and
cable cooking competitions like "Top Chef" and "Hell’s
Kitchen" top the ratings, a play dedicated to the culinary arts
– like The Kitchen Witches – is a must-see. The play
shifts between on-air theatrics and off-air titillation, and is
hilarious, with a dash of farce and just a hint of drama thrown in
for good measure.
The Kitchen Witches tells
the story of Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle, two rival cable TV
cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever
since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When
circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen
Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly's
long-suffering TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track,
but as long as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set
than Isobel's, it's a losing battle. The show becomes a ratings hit
as Dolly and Isobel provide more viewing excitement than both Martha
Stewart and Jerry Springer!
The Kitchen Witches was first produced in 2003 at the
Stirling Festival Theatre in Stirling, Ontario. The
play enjoyed widespread acceptance among leading professional and
amateur theatres throughout Canada and the U.S., and has become a
popular choice for community theatre productions.
Cast: 2 women, 2 men
What people say:
"Canadian playwright Caroline
Smith has whipped up a hilarious tale." —
Simcoe Times-Reformer
"Take a handful of animated
actors, add a lively and responsive audience, let the plot thicken
and you get a savoury show that's sure to please even the fussiest
palate." — The Orangeville Banner
bout the Playwright:
Caroline Smith is a Canadian performer, choreographer,
director, teacher, adjudicator and playwright who has worked at
almost every major theatre in Canada, including the Shaw Festival and
the Canadian Opera Company. From 1996 to 2009, she was Artistic and
Managing Director of the Stirling Festival Theatre. Under her
leadership, the company won three Lieutenant Governor's Awards,
numerous business awards, and she was presented with an honorary Arts
degree from Loyalist College. |
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