Synopsis
Mixed Doubles
Published by Samuel French Inc
3 Male 4 Female
In the first, a separated middle aged couple are in the connecting suites of a Mexican motelto have a fling
Their accidental confrontation makes them realize the importance of their years together. In the farcical second act, a golden age couple, unmarried because of tax benefits, is in one suite and a group of inept heroin smugglers is in the other
"Perhaps the funniest of his plays" ~ Village Voice
"Mr. Carmichael has written double dialogue taking place in two rooms that is variously simultaneous, counterpoint, or identical in ways that are clever indeed ... A playful view of the ageless problem of love ... [with] clever dialogue" ~ Williamstown Mass. News