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The Liar

Easyshow 50
Multi-Act - Comedy by Mike Eserkaln
Cast
Male: 4
Female: 7
Either: 1
Can be performed with fewer actors in the smaller roles, or number of actors could be increased by increasing the number of resort staff.


Description
Bill is a liar. He lies about everything. After lying his way into an exclusive resort, he falls in love. Bill is a man in love who cannot tell the truth no matter how hard he tries.

Rating
Mild Suggestive Humor

Additional Notes
High Schools and Colleges love this play because it can have a large cast, one set, and it's an all-ages show.

Reviews
UWGB Theatre pours wit into new "Liar"
by Warren Gerds

....
"The Liar" has a big vocabulary of comedy. Zipping past are sight, verbal and sound gags. There's banter -- and scenes of unspoken comedy. It's sexy. It's sassy. It's loopy, corny, stupid, silly, frothy, and fun.
The setup is simple: Everybody is looking for some action, and quite a few guys run through all manner of lies in their quest.
The show has catchy, ongoing bits. Some surrounding a magnet coat (a coat with magnets sewn on). "It's very attractive," we hear. Later, the wearer does a walk-through bit: A toaster is stuck to the back of the coat. There's more.
This is quite the lively, playful show -- and original to here.

"The Liar" 4 out of 4 stars :

Production History
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 2002

Excerpt
CHUCKIE
You're good. I can't think that fast.

BILL
Oh, it's mostly luck.

CHUCKIE
No one is that lucky.

BILL
Some people are Chuckie, some people are. And that's why I do most of the talking.

CHUCKIE
But, everything you say is a lie.

BILL
Not everything. Most things.

CHUCKIE
Why? Why do you do it?

BILL
I can't help myself. It's so easy. I'm a natural at it. It's like... Like asking how or why do you breathe?

CHUCKIE
Well. I'd probably die... or pass out first, I guess.

BILL
No. You breathe because it's natural for you. You don't have to think about it at all. You just do it.

CHUCKIE
I don't know. Sometimes I'll forget to breathe.

BILL
Alright. Well then, for most people... what do you do naturally well?

CHUCKIE
Eat.

BILL
Good. Lying, for me, is like eating for you.

CHUCKIE
That must be terrible for you, I'm hungry all the time. Wait! Have you lied to me today?

BILL
No.

CHUCKIE
Are you lying right now?

BILL
Nope.

CHUCKIE
Really?

BILL
Really.

CHUCKIE
Really?

BILL
Would I lie?

CHUCKIE
I don't know. Would you?

BILL
Nope.

CHUCKIE
Is that a lie?

BILL
And is that a lie? And is that a lie? And is that a lie? What are you? M.C. Esher?

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Author

mike@comedycityonline.com
Mike Eserkaln
P.O. Box 6101
De Pere WI, 54115

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