"Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" by Terrance McNally

The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan's West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed. It is their first encounter, after having met several weeks ago on the job, and Frankie is hopeful that Johnny will now put on his clothes and depart, so she can return to her usual routine of watching TV and eating ice cream. But Johnny, a compulsive talker (and romantic), has other ideas. He is convinced that he loves Frankie, a notion that she, at first, considers to be ridiculous. She has had more disappointments than delights in life, and he is the veteran of one broken marriage already. And neither of them is in the bloom of youth. Yet out of their sometimes touching, sometimes hilarious interplay the promise of a relationship beyond a "one-night stand" does begin to emerge and, as the lights dim, the two are back in bed again, but this time side-by-side, holding hands before the glowing television screen.

Information about the Multiverse Theatre Collective:

Multiverse Theatre Collective was officially founded in 2021 by Mandy Bean and Jason Williams, although there were several unofficial collaborations in the years before that. Multiverse Theatre Collective has produced shows on our their at the BeBe Theatre (most notably two of Lauren Gunderson's Christmas at Pemberley plays) and 35 Below at ACT (Stephen Dietz’s Bloomsday), and have also co-produced shows at Haywood Arts Repertory Theatre as part of both their studio and mainstage seasons.

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