About the Play:

Sunday on the Rocks has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female Monologues.

Sunday on the Rocks is a full-length comedy by Theresa Rebeck. Ever feel like having Scotch for breakfast? A humbling and witty dark comedy which follows four women on their inevitable, intimate journeys and illustrates how violence weaves its way into their everyday lives. As they drink, joke and argue, it becomes clear how difficult it is to make a moral decision in an increasingly complex world.

Sunday on the Rocks is about four very different roommates stepping into adulthood and struggling with issues of harassment, sexual assault and abortion. On a beautiful Sunday morning in mid-October, three house mates decide to have scotch for breakfast. Elly is pregnant by a man she says she does not love, and is planning an abortion. Jen is being harassed by a co-worker who is obsessed with her. Gayle just feels a bit lost. Their problems are compounded by a fourth roommate, Jessica, a religious young woman who has little compassion for her beleaguered roommates. Though the ladies have their ups and downs, their past and present situations are handled with good humour as they try to cope with adult life in the mid-1990s. Sunday on the Rocks is an irresistible look inside the modern day female psyche played out in one unforgettable day that will change all four roommates lives forever.

Sunday on the Rocks premiered in 1994 the Longwharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, and had its West Coast premiere in 2000 at Company of Angels Theatre in Los Angeles. Her first produced full-length play, it quickly became a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and on the college circuit.

Cast: 4 female

What people say:

"It's rare to encounter a domestic comedy that speaks to an entire generation, but Sunday on the Rocks hits a raw nerve for today's generation of Angry Young Women." — Boston Globe

"Goes down as smoothly and hits as hard as a gulp of good bourbon." — South End News (Boston)

About the Playwright:

Theresa Rebeck is an American playwright, director, television writer, and novelist. She is the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time. Her plays include Bad Dates, Omnium Gatherum (co-written, Pulitzer finalist), Spike Heels, and Mauritius, which won Boston's prestigious IRNE and Elliot Norton Awards. Her work in television includes NYPD Blue for which she has won the Peabody, the Writer's Guild, and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar awards.