Office Hours
by
Second Scene Editions
Playwrights Canada Press • Toronto
Production History
Characters
The Reporter
The Pitch
The Agent
The Visit
The Dismissal
The Analyst
About the Author
Copyright
Office Hours © Copyright 1996 Norm Foster
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Toronto, ON
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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Foster, Norm, 1949-
Office Hours [electronic resource] / Norm Foster.
A play.
ISBN: 978-1-77091-026-3
We acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC), the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities.
Norm Foster was born in Newmarket, Ontario in 1949. He attended West Hill Collegiate High School in Toronto. He studied Radio and Television Arts at Centennial College in Toronto, and at Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Norm wrote two plays for Malcolm Black, then Artistic Director of Theatre New Brunswick. Those two plays, Sinners and The Melville Boys, were enormously successful for Theatre New Brunswick. The Melville Boys has made Foster one of Canada’s most produced playwrights. The Affections of May, Sinners and The Melville Boys have been translated into French.
Running time: Approximately 2 hours with intermission.
Author’s note: The play can be done with as few as five or as many as seventeen actors. The author suggests that six actors would sustain the flow and separation nicely.
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The Reporter |
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WARREN KIMBLE |
A television news reporter |
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PAM GERARD |
A television news producer |
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ONE-ARMED MAN |
A viewer |
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The Pitch |
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GORDON BLAINE |
A Canadian film producer |
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FRANCINE MAJORS |
A Canadian film producer |
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BOBBY HOLLAND |
An American film director |
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The Agent |
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MARK YOUNG |
An agent |
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ELLIE YOUNG |
Mark’s wife |
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The Visit |
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RICHARD PENNY |
A lawyer |
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RHONDA PENNY |
Richard’s mother |
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LLOYD PENNY |
Richard’s father |
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The Dismissal |
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STAN THURBER |
A racetrack owner |
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ARTIE BARNES |
A racetrack employee |
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LLOYD PENNY |
Richard’s father |
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The Analyst |
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SHARON FREEMAN |
A psychiatrist |
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MAN |
A patient |
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NEIL PENNY |
A patient |
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RHONDA PENNY |
Neil’s Mother |
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LLOYD PENNY |
Neil’s Father |
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ARTIE BARNES |
A patient |
Role Breakdown for a Cast of 5:
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Actor #1 |
Warren, Mark, Artie, Neil |
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Actress #1 |
Pam, Ellie, Sharon |
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Actor #2 |
One-armed Man, Bobby, Lloyd |
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Actress #2 |
Francine, Rhonda |
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Actor #3 |
Gordon, Richard, Stan, Man |
Office Hours premiered at Theatre New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, in October, 1996, with the following cast and crew:
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WARREN/MARK/ARTIE/NEIL |
Frank McAnulty |
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PAM/ELLIE/SHARON |
Elizabeth Goodyear |
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ONE-ARMED MAN/BOBBY/LLOYD |
David Hughes |
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GORDON/RICHARD/STAN/MAN |
David Nairn |
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FRANCINE/RHONDA |
Nonnie Griffin |
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Director |
Ted Follows |
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Stage Manager |
Henry Bertrand |
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Set design |
David Westlake |
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Lighting |
Tim Gorman |