Doris and Evelyn
Originally called Chinese Torture, this piece was first written in 2004 as a very
short acting class piece written for two other actors. The piece has been revised
many times. My wife and I had massages in China shortly before the piece took
this form. She subsequently went to a Chinese masseuse several times. All
similarities end there. Technical challenges? Originally, the setting was a bench
on Main Street. I wanted to write a "bench play" that would be my little homage to
Albee and Mamet. Usually, the characters in a bench play don't know each other.
In this case, they do.
To the play.