Synopsis
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Published by Samuel French Inc
4 Male 3 Female
Bob and Doris, in their 30's, have been more or less going steady when Bob announces a job transfer that will take him -- and his mother -- to Arizona
Marshall and Carolyn are a high school senior and junior respectively, who have been formal steadies for three months
Marshall's delusions of male grandeur give rise to his humorous but unwarranted reservations about breaking poor Carolyn's heart by asking for his ring back
The Narrator blends these vignettes as he sets props and offers his wisdom on the human conditions in this wonderfully funny and believable play about the one aspect of the human folly: love