THE STORY: FUN deals with the determination of two bored teenagers, Casper and Denny, to seek out a good time in their small city environment of tacky shopping malls and fast-food outlets. Told in a series of short, fast-moving scenes, with biting, staccato dialogue that subtly captures both the laid-back, pseudo-sophistication of the boys and the ennui which underlies this, the action of the play follows them, boom-box in hand, as they move from one suggested locale to another in search of excitement, sex, booze, drugs, or whatever might move their lives off dead, boring center. Picaresque in style, the play is both very funny and deeply revealing of the angst besetting much of modern American society.
FUN, was originally presented by the Actors Theatre of Louisville as part of the 11th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays, where it received the Heideman Award as winner of the National One-Act Play Contest.
Included in the collection
Fun and Nobody.
