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Doug Haverty

DOUG HAVERTY  

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 Could I Have This Dance?         In My Mind's Eye         Inside Out

Could I Have This Dance?

Doug Haverty
Woodie Guthrie had it. arlo may have it. It's usually hereditary, but not always passed on to every offspring. The symptoms do not normally appear until a person reaches their mid-forties. Referred to as 'The Dance of Death,' Huntington's Disease is a complete degeneration of the nervous system. Recently, medical researchers developed a blood test to determine if the disease is present in young people. The question is: Should we know? There are over 100,000 people in the U.S. that are currently 'at risk.' Of these people, only 500 have actually taken this test. Could I Have this Dance? is about two sisters in their 30's: Monica and amanda. Their mother, Jeannette, has Huntington's and lives with her daughters. The action takes place in the Los Angeles office/home where the girls run a thriving public relations firm, Grapevine, which was started by their mother. During the course of the play, we come to understand the time bomb these two sisters live with. Their possible fate is dramatically evidenced in the characterization of Jeannette which is interpreted through dance. The effects of the disease are 'visible' to those onstage, but 'invisible' to the audience, except in a few rare instances where the actualization of the disease is revealed. The other characters in the play are the men in these women's lives. Jeannette's husband (and the girls' father), Hank, has come to accept his wife and still loves her very much. Both Monica and amanda have shunned long-term romantic relationships because of their unknown fate; bitter Monica plays it safe and vibrant amanda takes every chance with young, one-night-stands. Yet the girls and their father never lose their sense of humor. as the play unfolds, both women have met men they'd like to get serious with and the knowledge of the test both repels and attracts them: amanda, desperate for the answer and Monica, in morbid fear of it. Could I Have this Dance? is ultimately about love and cherishing what life we are given. This is a deeply romantic play about difficult choices. as the once-murky medical crystal ball becomes clearer, the universal question remains: are we better off not looking at what the future holds?

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1st Produced:
Colony Studio Theatre Playhouse, Los Angeles, Ca    1991

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Genre:
Dramatic Comedy

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  -

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In My Mind's Eye

Synopsis:
two women a 13 year old student and a 26 year old teacher are legally blind but refuse to be handicapped, eventually it becomes apparent that they are the same person

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Samuel French, NY,    -

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Dramatic Comedy

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Inside Out

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Music by Adryan Russ; lyrics by Doug Haverty And Adryan Russ

1st Produced:
Cherry Lane Theater, New York    1994

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Original cast recording: DRG (19007) 1996

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Musical

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