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Little Footsteps

Little Footsteps
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
Author: Ted Tally
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 72
Pub. Date: 1998
ISBN-10: 0822206765
ISBN-13: 9780822206767
Cast Size: 2 female, 2 male

About the Play:

Little Footsteps is a full-length dramatic comedy by Ted Tally. An upwardly mobile couple, in their mid-thirties and married eight years, are about to become parents for the first time. But there are all sorts of problems inherent in that, not the least of which is that the parents-to-be are pretty childish themselves. Little Footsteps is an hilarious and, at the same time, thoughtfully cautionary examination of the promises – and perils – of impending parenthood.

Little Footsteps centers on a self-absorbed New York couple – Ben (who is Jewish) works in television, Joanie (a quintessential WASP) is a would-be artist with grand dreams – suddenly faced with the looming reality of parenthood after Joanie becomes pregnant unexpectedly. As the play begins they are converting the dining room of their in their small co-op apartment into a nursery, an activity which both underscores the impending changes in their lives and reinforces Ben's uneasiness about it. The scene is filled with funny lines as Ben tries to make light of his misgivings, but his fears lead inevitably to dispute and, by the end of Act One, Ben has departed and Joanie suddenly finds herself a single parent-to-be. In Act Two, which takes place several months later, a christening party is in progress attended by Joanie's parents, Charlotte and Gil, an affluent older couple who are not hesitant to point out that they never much cared for Ben in the first place. As for Ben, having avoided the formal christening, he now sneaks in through the nursery window determined (in a gesture toward his own religious background) to intone a few Jewish prayers over his newborn son – which, when the others suddenly return, leads both to a series of wildly funny misunderstandings, and also, in the end, a tenuous reconciliation and a commitment, by both Ben and Joanie, to try to grow up before their offspring does.

Little Footsteps was produced in 1986 to critical and popular acclaim off Broadway by New York's noted Playwrights Horizons. Since then the play has been successfully staged at several professional theatres across the US, and has been mounted by colleges and community theatres.

Cast: 2 female, 2 male

What people say:

"…a total delight from beginning to end, as much fun as any Neil Simon comedy and yet even more inventive." — BackStage

"…it is civilized, literate, mind-stretching entertainment, its tomfoolery leavened by thoughtfulness and taste." — New York Magazine

"…there's a little something for nearly everyone in Little Footsteps." — The New York Times

"…the kind of play that can restore your faith in the theatre. A hilariously serious comedy, it offers the kind of emotional shakeup — and the kinds of rewards — that can come only from a live stage experience." — Gannett Newspapers

About the Playwright:

Ted Tally is an an Academy Award-winning American playwright and screenwriter. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Tally's plays include Terra Nova, which received an Obie Award. In 1991, he won an Academy Award for his adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs. Tally continues to write screenplays and movies.

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