One-Act Play

One wife's strategy after twenty years of marriage.

Tourist Phil Sampson is annoyed that his wife Cissy has invited a third person to join them at dinner one night in Mexico City until the attractive young woman shows up. 

LENGTH: 20 minutes.

CAST: 4 actors (1M, 2F, 1 any gender).

TABLE MANNERS IN CHICAGOLAND is an excerpt from the full-length play,

THE HUDSON FAMILY GUIDE TO TABLE MANNERS (Click here).

Script available at the National New Play Network's New Play Exchange (NPX). Click here.

SETTING

A restaurant in Mexico City.

TIME

A summer evening.

CHARACTERS

Phil Sampson. Male. 50s. A harried lawyer. Married to Cissy. 

Cissy Sampson. Female. 50s. A sweet but gently bossy woman. Married to Phil.

Marcia. Female. 30s. Attractive, professional, and good with people.

Waiter. Any gender.Any age. 

PRODUCTION OF STAGE PLAY

2012, April. American Globe Theatre's 15-Minute Play Festival, New York City.

(Cast included Roxann Kraemer--pictured above at right, Tony Neil, Jessica Vera--pictured above at left, and Elly Berke.)

BROADCASTS/RECORDINGS OF RADIO PLAY

October 2014. Spokane Radio Theatre, Spokane Public Radio (KPBX-FM 91.1), Spokane, WA.. Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest, Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre, Rutland, VT, May.

February 2026: Radio Theatre Project, St, Petersburg, FL.

Listen to Radio Theatre Project performance.