Dave Carley: Three Plays

by Dave Carley

This collection features three of Dave Carley's finest comedies, Midnight Madness , a gentle two-hander about the chance reunion of a pair of high school misfits; Writing With Our Feet , a black comedy for agoraphobics; and Into , where an urban nun, a mysterious beauty, a businessman, and a disaffected youth are stuck in a traffic jam outside a metropolis.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Mike]

Three stars represents the entire collection of plays. "Midnight Madness" is certainly the flagship of the three. I can't picture small communities doing "Into". The idea of a nun dropping F-bombs, while hilarious, just doesn't fly with an aging population. The challenge of finding a waterbed these days might be the toughest challenge for the set designer. The interplay on the intercom is my favourite aspect of the play. There are some great places you can place Bloom to get the most out of the comedy as well as using the set to augment that. Mr. Carley, if you were ever to read this, I would love to have a three hour discussion about "Into".