Unmarried Man

By Alice Nora and Emmy Kuperschmid

A send-up of reality dating shows, Unmarried Man centers on a local TV station presenting a one-night special where a hometown hunk will try to find local love. But can true love really be found on primetime television? Unmarried Man is a fun, quirky play on popular reality dating shows that investigates the tropes we force upon the contestants and makes them real again— in hilarious, heart-warming, and surprising ways.

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NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS

"The theatrical canon is overwhelmingly patriarchal, and we wanted to challenge that by creating a joyous and comedic female driven narrative. We believe in finding love in unexpected places–and what better way to date than on local TV with a deadline? We are so excited for theater artists and audiences worldwide to discover the wacky world of Unmarried Man!"

Overview

Type of Show

Full-length Play

90 minutes

Acts

Duration

1 Act

Performance Groups

Professional Theatre

Community Theatre

College/University

Tech Requirements

Minimal

Cast Summary

8f, 1m

Casting

Male Principals

Female Principals

CASTING NOTICE: We recognize that most characters are written on the binary (use he/him or she/her pronouns) and we invite gender non-conforming, genderqueer, transgender, and non-binary actors to play the roles they most identify with.

THE PRODUCERS
SUZANNE SMYTHE: she/her. Terrifying. 40s-50s. (last name pronounced SMEETH)
CANDICE: she/her. New to the station. A little nervous.
THE HANDSOME HUNK
BRODY CHAD: he/him. Local hunk. Smarter than he seems. Has a big heart.
THE LOVELY LADIES
ERIN: she/her. Way too cool for the show.
LEIGHANNLYNN: she/her. A sweet naive, country farm girl.
AMBER: she/her. A maneater. Here for all the right reasons.
THE TAMYTHA ROSE IRIS: she/her. An Actress/singer/dancer/tv personality. Here for exposure.
REBECCA: she/her. A Doctor/Lawyer/CEO. Secretly insecure, but doesn’t show it.
MYSTICA: she/her. A witch(?).

Photos of 2022 New York World Premiere by Marth Brown

About The Authors

ALICE NORA (she/they) is an NYC based actor, writer, and comedic genius. Alice is a self described nurturer of the creative process and strives to do so with joy, positivity, and possibility. Selected stage credits include Unmarried Man (The PIT NYC), A Middle School Play (The Tank), Songs for a New World (The Mint Theater), Dead Legends Live (SF Entertainment), The Who's Tommy (Berkshire Theater), and NINE (Berkshire Theater) where her performance was acclaimed as “nothing short of remarkable”. In NYC, Alice has trained under Ben Houghton, Vishal Vaidya, Rachel Schur, and Anna Terese Scott. Previously, Alice has developed work as part of Fresh Ground Pepper's Accountability Lab (PALs Program). Currently she is an Artist in Residence with First Kiss Theatre where she is developing new plays, sketches, and digital shorts. Featured shorts include the captivatingly cute A Very Kitten Christmas along with its sequel A Very Kitten Christmas: Snow Day. Winner of Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga Lights Up! one page play series with her play Bodega Nights. BFA Theater Arts & Creative Writing. www.alicenora.com

EMMY KUPERSCHMID (she/her) is an NYC-based actor and writer on a mission to make people feel less alone. Selected stage credits include Dave Malloy's Beardo (Pipeline Theatre Company- Drama Desk Nomination), How To Make A Woman’s Advocate (YPF @ the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), The Polar Express (Warner Bros), The Mad Ones Lab with Kerrigan & Lowdermilk, and As You Like It (Rogue Players), for which she was praised as a “standout…[with] untapped acting depths”. Film credits include the feature Tales From Shakespeare and the short Petty Therapy, directed by 911: Lone Star’s Brian Michael Smith. As a writer, Emmy has developed work with Fresh Ground Pepper, The Tank, First Kiss Theatre, Playdate Theatre, and Skeleton Rep(resents), and is published in the anthology Evil Genius: Monsters on Stage (with an introduction by Julie Taymor). Proud alum of The National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Shakespeare & Company’s Summer Training Institute, and Skidmore College. EmmyKuperschmid.com