"[The Smell of the Kill] boasts lines and scenes that have the audience laughing as uproariously as The Producers." — Variety

Comedy. By Michele Lowe.

Cast: 3w. (3 male offstage voices.) Take three delicious, malicious wives, add three miserable, unloving husbands—and chill. That's the recipe of Michele Lowe's tantalizing new comedy that had Broadway audiences cheering. The Smell of the Kill revolves around Nicky, Debra and Molly who have tolerated one another during once-a-month dinners for years. While their unseen spouses play golf in the dining room, the women exchange confidences for the first time revealing that all three marriages are on the brink of disaster and all three women are facing the challenges of their lives. Nicky's husband has been indicted for embezzlement, Molly's husband is stalking her and Debra's husband is leaving her for another woman. When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faced with a life-or-death decision—should they leave the men out in the cold—permanently—or let them thaw? One by one the women make their choices with more than a little help from one another. "…nice, mean fun…a deft little anti-love story…light-hearted, cold-hearted…" (Newsday) "[a] devilish, wicked, ultimately touching black comedy." (The Berkshire Eagle) "Effective black comedies are rare these days and this is a rich torte…it has a superb crustiness which supplies an evening of nearly continuous laughter." (The Advocate) "…the play boasts lines and scenes that have the audience laughing as uproariously as The Producers." (Variety) One int. set. Approximate running time: 70 minutes.

Play details

Status:

In Stock

Type of show:

Full-Length

Catalog Code:

SH2

Cast Size:

3

No. of Act(s):

1

Pages:

77

Royalty:

$75.00 /perf.*

Cost:

$9.25

Approx. Running Time:

70 min.

Categories

Target Audience:

College and Adult

Performing Group:

College Theatre | Community Theatre | Stock & Lort

Genre:

Comedy

ISBN (10):

1583421459

Publication Date:

11/15/2002

Biographies

Michele Lowe's plays have been produced across the country and around the world from Paris to Seoul.

Her play Inana won the Francesca Primus Prize. Both Inana and Victoria Musica were finalists for the American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award, which marked the first time in the American Theatre Critics Association's 38-year history that a playwright was nominated for two ...More

Rights & Availability

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