The Studio
This
ten-minute drama centers on the disappointments that arise from a confusion of
identities. The play opens as Caroline,
a young journalist, returns after almost 20 years to the ballet studio where
she had taken lessons as a child. The
Master Teacher appears to remember her, and enthusiastically launches into
ballet warm-up exercises with Caroline.
But the young woman proves incompetent, and the Master Teacher realizes
that Caroline is not her star pupil from years past.
Caroline’s disappointment is further cemented by the revelation that the Master Teacher had found her performance as a child so lackluster that she had asked Caroline’s mother to remove her from the class. Caroline seeks to assuage her hurt feelings with a fresh start in adult ballet lessons, or at least by writing a profile of her Master Teacher. But as the Master Teacher reveals her own career disappointments and dismisses Caroline from the studio, the young woman agrees that she has sought connection in the wrong place.
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Play Structure: |
1 Act: 10-minute play |
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Cast size: |
2 |
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Gender: |
2 female |
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Period: |
The present. |
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Location: |
Ballet studio. |
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Technical: |
Piano music. |
Production History
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The Studio received its premiere production by Love Creek
Productions at the Harold Clurman Theatre in |
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