Kohl
By Droichead Youth Theatre, under Sharon Cromwell.
Age range
13 – 15, 16 +
Cast size
10 – 15
Approx. running time
60 – 90 mins
Gender breakdown
Male: 4
Female: 7
Female: 7
Setting
The piece is set in New York in 1932.
Note
A genre piece for a large cast.
First performance
Droichead Youth Theatre at the Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda in June 2008. Directed by Sharon Cromwell. A New Stage Play for 2013.
Synopsis
New York.1932. Max Cole, Private Investigator, gets a call from Mia Swan, trophy wife of Senator Edward Swan and daughter of Freddo Forgioni, one of the biggest crime bosses in the city. Mia hires Max to track down her sister, Bella, but this is more than a straightforward “missing persons” case. Before he knows it, Max is plunged into the seedy underworld of the New York Mafia.
A story of intrigue and espionage, glamour and tears, longing and laughter, Kohl takes us on a journey through the smoky, bourbon-soaked streets of 1930s New York, where cover-ups are commonplace, and mystery lurks at every street corner.
It is a fun and light-hearted piece but has some darker themes, which are in keeping with this genre.
A story of intrigue and espionage, glamour and tears, longing and laughter, Kohl takes us on a journey through the smoky, bourbon-soaked streets of 1930s New York, where cover-ups are commonplace, and mystery lurks at every street corner.
It is a fun and light-hearted piece but has some darker themes, which are in keeping with this genre.