The Four Senses of Love
A surreal comedy for 1M, 1F
A man with no feeling falls for a girl with no taste - at a support group for the sensory deprived.
Runtime: 10 minutes
Period: Present Day
Setting: A starbucks.
Characters: (1M,1F)
CALDWELL: M. Late twenties. Guarded, scars on his hands.
MELITA: F. Late twenties. Wary.
World Premiere at the n.u.f.a.n. ensemble in Chicago
Tommy Akouris directed
Christine O'Keefe as Melita
David Retseck as Caldwell
The Four Senses of Love premiered in 2010 in Chicago, at the n.u.f.a.n. ensemble's Garden of Eatin' festival.
It played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the highly acclaimed The Big Breakfast Show.
The play also received an "Excellence in Writing" Award at the Corner Cone Festival in Ohio.
Love may be blind, but in The Four Senses of Love, it has more to overcome. CALDWELL has a hypothalamic disorder that has deadened his sense of touch. He has grown up unable to physically connect with anyone - until he meets MELITA at a support group for the sensory deprived. She's been hiding the fact that the has no sense of taste.
If you're interested in this - I'd suggest reading the free monologue from this play - which may give you a sense of the humor. It's from the moment where Melita talks about trying to drink a latte to try and fit in with some new friends. It's called "Hot Water", and it's available for free here!