This Is Not a Pipe Dream
By Barry Kornhauser
This Is Not a Pipe Dream is a one-act play that needs 5 or more performers (2 women, 2 men, 1 any gender). Licensed by Dramatic Publishing.
- Type
- one-act play
- Cast size
- 5 or more performers
- Roles
- 2 women, 2 men, 1 any gender
- Cast notes
- 2m., 2w., 1 either gender.
- Recommended level
- High school
- Dance
- No dance
- Genre
- fantasy
- Licensor
- Dramatic Publishing
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Synopsis
Based freely on the work and early life of surrealist artist René Magritte, this is an unorthodox adventure in theatrical form. It celebrates art and the imagination and the ways in which these help us confront life's mysteries. Here is the story of young René who wants to be an artist, a notion dismissed by his father as "a pipe dream." Encouraged by his mother, before her untimely death, the boy begins his quest. He follows his vision into the delightfully absurd magic-realism of his famous pa
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