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Simone

Comedic Theatre · AFAFO Media · Ages 14+ · 1hr · United States of America

Content Warning World Premiere

About the Project

Maya is a humble desk clerk at the legendary spy agency MI-6. Her literary ambitions abandoned, this single mother takes a side gig as a muse for hire to help make ends meet.

Maya’s first assignment is the washed-up novelist Everett Shaw. Having found fleeting fame for writing a scandalous pulp novel during his younger years, Everett struggles to recreate his success. Maya and Everett are initially at each others’ throats before learning to rely on each other. To help Everett regain his creative spark, Maya ends up discovering her own when she starts to tell tall tales otherwise reserved for her young daughter at bedtime.

Thus, the French superspy Simone Le Barre was born. Simone is everything that Maya wants to be — adventurous, tough as nails, and will pull out all the stops to get her way.

Much to Maya’s amused bewilderment, Everett is sold, hook, line, and sinker, on Maya’s secret life as a spy. However, things get tricky when these tall tales turn out to be more than just make-believe.

(Note: The actors playing Maya and Everett will assume dual roles as they re- enact the tales of Simone LeBarre)

 

Learn More at simonetheplay.com

Production Team

Alexander Garcia

alexander garcia 

producer/director
Oliver Britten

oliver britten 

writer/producer
ASHLEY BROOKE  COHEN

ashley brooke cohen 

associate producer
PETE GARDNER

pete gardner 

everett/dalton
ALLISON POWELL

allison powell 

consulting producer
KATE KRIEGER

kate krieger 

maya/simone
David Shapiro

david shapiro 

stage manager
Holly Tarkon

holly tarkon 

movement director/choreographer

* Fringe Veteran

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