© 2022 Stacey Lane
Synopsis
Meredith
Mull
and
Midge
Mobley,
an
awkward
pair
of
M&M
munching
reclusive
childhood
best
friends,
call
upon
the
assistance
of
the
flamboyant
Drina
Dynasty
and
her
self-made
business,
“A
New
You,”
to create new and improved identities for them for their approaching ten year high school reunion.
In
this
full-length
real-time
play,
we
witness
Meredith
and
Midge’s
consultation
process
as
they
work
with
the
self-proclaimed
mastermind,
Drina
Dynasty,
a
greedy
businesswoman
with
a
God
complex,
to
rid
themselves
of
the
less
socially
appealing
constraints
of
being
husbandless,
childless,
jobless,
and
friendless.
Make-overs,
photo
sessions,
and
doctored
personal
histories
complete
with
phony
husbands
and
children
are
only
the
beginning
of
the
lengths
that
will
be
pursued
in
a
failed
attempt
to
transform
these
two
outcasts
into
publicly
adored
stars
of
their
class
reunion
and
to
fuse
meaning into their meaningless lives.
Trappings
questions
the
manufacturing
of
the
illusion
of
the
American
dream
and
the
desperate
and
bitterly
comical
lengths
that
individuals
will
go
through
to
try
to
achieve
it
or
at
least
make
those
around them believe they have.
Production History
Crack the Glass Theatre Company
Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Philadelphia, PA
Slant of Light Theater Company
New Play Reading Series
Milford, CT
12 Peers Theater
Summer Scribes Series Finalist
Pittsburg, PA
Laura Murphy in Trappings at Crack the Glass Theatre Company in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Directed by Polly Edelstein.
Character Descriptions
Drina
a platinum-haired socialite in her
late 50s
Midge
a fidgety 29-year-old
Meredith
a gangly 28-year-old
Running
Time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Set:
office
(interior unit)
Cast:
3 F
