The Love List is a full-length comedy by Norm Foster. What are the top ten qualities in your perfect mate? Sense of Humour? Smart? Sexy? The play is about two men who come up with a top 10 list consisting of the best qualities in a woman. It's when the perfect woman actually shows up that the comedic farce begins in Norm Foster's zippy comedy tale of perfection and the pursuit of happiness.

The Love List is a side-splitting and thought-provoking comedy that examines the quest for perfection. For his fiftieth birthday Bill, a lonely divorced statistician, is given a free session at "Got a Match", a mate finding service run by a woman who guarantees romantic success. Leon, his womanizing friend, insists he goes and to get him primed for the appointment the two draw up their top 10 list of qualities for the perfect woman. Smart, sexy and assertive top the list but when Justine magically arrives the scheme goes horribly awry almost immediately. Bill's new romance begins to seriously threaten his friendship with Leon. Worse, Justine, an ambitious, trusting woman, starts to exhibit tiny imperfections and Bill and Leon quickly learn that their list could use a few revisions. Be careful what you wish for – especially in choosing a mate. This old adage leads to hilarious results in Norm Foster's sparkling comic hit, which is widely considered to be his best work.

The Love List premiered in 2003 at the Thousand Island Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario. Since then the play has been produced widely at community theatres across North America.

Cast: 1 female, 2 male

What people say:

"The tension is such one has no certainty how the play will end. The Love List is a play that makes one laugh, but also think about today's world of dating and expectations." — Wanganui Chronicle (New Zealand)

"Laugh for laugh, this is the funniest show I've seen on any stage this season." — Detroit Free Press

"Sharp, snappy and irresistibly funny." — Contra Costa Times

"Along with the exceedingly witty dialogue, sharp one liners, and repartee, Foster gives us some insights in to what makes for a good romantic relationship as well as a good friendship." — Hollywood Theatre Examiner

"Funny, sophisticated and sexy." — Hamilton Spectator

"Outrageously funny. Brilliant writing!" — Rossmore News

About the Playwright:

Norm Foster enjoyed a 25-year career as the morning man at independent radio stations in Thunder Bay, Winnipeg, and Kingston, before finally ending up in Fredericton, where he began writing plays. He is considered to be Canada's most produced playwright, with more than fifty-five critically acclaimed plays that are known for their humour, accessibility, and insight into the everyday tribulations of life. He is the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award for his play, The Melville Boys which would go on to be produced across Canada and in the United States, including a well-received run Off Broadway in New York. It would become his signature play, and the one which would bring his name to the forefront of Canadian theatre.