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Somebody/Nobody

Somebody/Nobody
Your Price: $18.95 CDN
Author: Jane Martin
Publisher: Samuel French (cover may change)
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 72
Pub. Date: 2011
Edition: Acting
ISBN-10: 0573663610
ISBN-13: 9780573663611
Cast Size: 5 female, 1 male

About the Play:

Somebody/Nobody has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female Monologues, Female/Female Scenes, and Female/Male Scenes.

Somebody/Nobody is a full-length comedy by Jane Martin. Sheena is a somebody who wants to be a nobody. Loli is a nobody desperate to be a somebody. Sheena is seeking to leave the fame and fanfare of B-movie stardom behind, while Loli would like nothing more than to trade places with her. In this hilarious comedy about Hollywood, fame, and the TMZ, renowned playwright Jane Martin takes dead aim at the cult of celebrity and the price you pay for it.

Somebody/Nobody takes a hard, if comedic, look at the world of celebrity. So you think you want to be famous? So did Loli when she arrived in Hollywood from Flatt, Kansas, only to find her dreams of becoming 'a somebody' completely dashed. A fateful knock on the door, however, and the appearance of teen idol and "shark-movie" star Sheena Keener on her doorstep changes everything. The young starlet is the darling of the press, the obsession of the paparazzi, and the Goddess of the E! Channel, but she is being crushed by the pressures of the fans, the hysteria. Now she doesn't want to be famous anymore – in spite of her agent's wishes. As the two women struggle to understand each other, Loli discovers that glamour isn't all it's cracked up to be and Sheena discovers that there is actually a world outside of the TMZ and the bright lights of the silver screen. Throw in a vampire-wannabe stalker, a backwoods bounty hunter and a Godzilla of a talent agent, and the result is a laugh-out-loud rollercoaster ride on the road to fame through the Hollywood hills. Somebody/Nobody is a laugh-out-loud look at modern life and our unending quest for fifteen minutes of fame.

Somebody/Nobody premiered in 2008 at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson, Arizona. The play puts its female characters front and centre and quickly became a favourite play on the college circuit.

Cast: 5 female, 1 male

What people say:

"No question, it's a funny show." — The Arizona Republic

"The comedy is off-beat and beyond way out there, with an energy level that's full-bore, redline action. Neil Simon this is definitely not... you might as well just give in and start laughing at the beginning, because for sure you'll be laughing by the end." — The Tuscon Citizen

"The script is wicked funny... Laughing your ass off is a fine way to spend an evening." — Phoenix New Times

About the Playwright:

Jane Martin, apparently from Kentucky, has been referred to as "America's best known, unknown playwright". The name Jane Martin is widely believed to be a pseudonym. She has been nominated for the Pulitzer prize, and won the American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award twice. But she has never made any public appearances or spoken about any of her works. Nor has she ever given an interview. No biographical details are known about her. No photographs of Ms. Martin have ever been published.

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