A brand new play, looking for a premiere!
Mrs. Dilber's Fabulous Bedcurtains is a new version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - but instead of centering on the old rich guy, it features Mrs. Dilber - the housekeeper who takes his bedcurtains in the original - and her epic attempt to get some bedcurtains in spite of a series of ghosts and other diversions on a night adjacent to the more familiar story.
I wrote the play because, well, I'm so tired of A Christmas Carol. I mean, I like it - it's a fun play, and I've seen some lovely versions... but I want something a little different. I'm ready for a change, and when I want to see a play that suits my tastes exactly, luckily I have an easy solution. Write it!
It has some of the sillier tones of The Lady Demands Satisfaction, actually, even sillier in many places, but with the same elemental core of seriousness - although where Lady dives into gender roles, Mrs. Dilber's Fabulous Bedcurtains aims squarely at the social inequality that has only gotten worse since Dickens wrote the original.
I had a wonderfully productive and informative table read with LA's Loft Ensemble Theatre - who produced The Lady Demands Satisfaction in 2018, and Long Joan Silver in 2017... so my fingers are crossed for next season!
A Radio Play version is also available! Contact me!
Sample Dialogue...
Mrs. Dilber's Fabulous Bedcurtains is available from the playwright for production.
