Steambath

by  Freidman, Bruce Jay

Published: 1971

Acts: 2

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Acts: 2
Male Roles: 12
Female Roles: 2
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

Life is a steambath and we're all just waiting for our turn in the stalls. From the author ofScuba Duba. The men's area in a steambath is a microcosm into which a girl walks, takes a public shower and then retires leaving the stage to two homosexuals who do a song and dance in lip sinc. After this prelude, a Puerto Rican gives orders to a scanning TV monitor which result in two car crashes, an act of incest and a theft in a bus terminal. Some of the wishes he projects are vindictive: giving one area more unwanted rain or throwing a dart into someone's eye. Some are erotic. A new arrival does not believe that this person has so much power. He himself is a trickster hung up on whiskey sours. There is a scene of transfiguration with beautiful lighting and music to make the audience wonder whether or not this is God.