Edythe and Maxine are long-term residents of the Marjorie Bliss Retirement Home. Audrey is a recent addition. They spend a lot of time playing cards. Talk around the card table includes complaining about the living conditions, which aren’t the best. They decide to pool their resources and move out. However, their plans are thrown out of kilter with the arrival of a handsome newcomer. Leaving Marjorie Bliss is a hilarious and moving account of friendships made late in life and the true meaning of family.
Keywords: comedy, old ladies, retirement home
Produced by Upper Canada Playhouse, Morrisburg ON, August 2024
Genre: Comedy
Acts: 2
Run time: 90 minutes
Content note: Contains adult themes and occasional salty language
Cast size: 4 actors
Male roles: 1
Female roles: 3
Casting note: All characters in this play are of retirement age
"Wonderful suprises, delightful revelations and unexpected resolutions lie ahead in ‘Leaving Marjorie Bliss’."
- W. Gibb, The Morrisburg Leader