To The New Girl
2017, 90 minutes
A play consisting of 10 monologues from various women scorned who directly address their exes’ new wives and lovers.
Originally performed as a play in many locations around the country (including Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago) To The New Girl: Sound Advice for my Former Husband’s Wife or Mistress consists of 10 monologues from various women scorned who directly address their exes’ new wives and lovers. ZOE: A young lady in a kinky relationship finds out that there’s more than one woman in her town willing to diaper a grown man. MIRIAM: A Jewish grandmother finds out at Passover that her husband has fallen in love and is getting married to a Catholic girl he met on a business trip. BETHANY: A “good Christian girl” discovers her pastor husband’s love for a man could threaten his televangelism career. SHEILA: A woman who is unable to conceive her husband’s child finds out that his mistress is pregnant with twins. FAYE: The naive wife of a felon writes his new girlfriend to ask for her engagement ring back…or else. ALEXIS: A woman with a waning sense of self tells her daughter’s nanny that her husband’s advances are all a part of her household responsibilities. KAREN: A teacher tells the student who is sleeping with her husband how (and why) she should make his favorite pork chops. MELANIE: Wielding a meat cleaver, Melanie warns her abusive husband’s mistress to stay far, far away from her. LORRAINE: A middle-aged lesbian comes to terms with her loneliness when her partner leaves her for a younger woman. HARRIET: Recounts the story of her marriage to a woman in a nursing home who is in love with her severely ailing husband.
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