{"product_id":"thank-you-don-ameche-lawrence-a-herman-9798314693674","title":"Thank You, Don Ameche: A New Comedy in Two Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy Are We Thanking Don Ameche?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Ameche was an American actor whose career extended from the late 1920s to the early 1990s. He was a star of stage, screen, and radio, appearing in dozens of movie and hundreds of episodes of radio and television shows, winning an Oscar along the way for Best Supporting Actor in \u003ci\u003eCocoon\u003c\/i\u003e in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis play is not about him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, he's not a character in the play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, we have a roomful of writers for a hit national network radio comedy\/variety show in 1938, dealing with both the pressures of churning out an hour-long live radio show every week, and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShow biz, of course, was show biz even back then. Writers wrote whatever they were told to, and sometimes they even got paid for it. One of the writers in this writers room tried to break into radio by writing a sketch for Don Ameche, and found out that network suits have something of a different point of view than his.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot that it stopped him, which is part of how he wound up in this room, helping America forget its troubles for an hour a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis play is about how this group of writers tried to forget their own troubles and keep themselves and America laughing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***********************************************************************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThank You, Don Ameche\u003c\/i\u003e is a full-length comedy set in the writers room of a national hit radio show in 1938. It is an homage to both the rapid-fire dialogue comedies of the 1930s and the radio comedy of the era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are 5 roles, 4 male and 1 female. The play has 1 set and few props.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence A. Herman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798314693674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Lawrence A. Herman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852538818815,"sku":"9798314693674","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thank-you-don-ameche-lawrence-a-herman-9798314693674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}