One’s Cup of Tea
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When a pair of friends try out a new restaurant, they learn a little something about the value of frivolity from an eccentric waiter.
Awards:
Testimonials:
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"An exceptionally succinct and tightly constructed short comedy. Dunne invites all of us to tea, but delivers so much more than a beverage made from the leaves of the frivoli cactus and harvested by inchworms dressed in paraffin sundresses. He delivers a lesson in broadening our minds and in opening ourselves to diverse viewpoints. It's also a lesson in patience and in taking the time to fully understand what's transpiring rather than to judge quickly and to dismiss. Compelling and laugh out loud funny. Nicely done." (Craig Houck, New Play Exchange, 2021)
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"As with other JD plays I've read, this one sticks with me. An alternative to normal, humdrum lunches, a completely whacked-out waiter (whom I really wanna play sometime) manages to restart a pair of customers' perspectives on what to expect from life and how the bizarre can remind us that boring needs a shakeup once in a while. Hilarious and intimate." (George Sapio, New Play Exchange, 2021)
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"Sometimes when one falls down the rabbit hole of reading plays, one finds themselves in a wonderfully weird world of absurdly surreal comedy, which was certainly the case with this wildly over-the-top short from Jeff Dunne. With anarchic glee, Dunne makes smart points about altering one's perspective and learning to relax, and by the end what seemed insane appears normal, and what passed for normal seems intolerable. I'll take some of that tea, please. And the biscuits." (Doug DeVita, New Play Exchange, 2020)
Events:
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Production, AROMA (NJ, USA), 03/08/2022
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Production, Laurel Mill Playhouse (MD, USA), 02/25/2022
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Production, Online (MD, USA), 01/30/2021
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Reading, Northport Plays (Northport, NY), 08/17/2020
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Production, Emmanuel United Methodist Church (MD, USA), 05/15/2020
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Reading, New Play Lab (KS, USA), 05/16/2020
- "An exceptionally succinct and tightly constructed short comedy. Dunne invites all of us to tea, but delivers so much more than a beverage made from the leaves of the frivoli cactus and harvested by inchworms dressed in paraffin sundresses. He delivers a lesson in broadening our minds and in opening ourselves to diverse viewpoints. It's also a lesson in patience and in taking the time to fully understand what's transpiring rather than to judge quickly and to dismiss. Compelling and laugh out loud funny. Nicely done." (Craig Houck, New Play Exchange, 2021)
- "As with other JD plays I've read, this one sticks with me. An alternative to normal, humdrum lunches, a completely whacked-out waiter (whom I really wanna play sometime) manages to restart a pair of customers' perspectives on what to expect from life and how the bizarre can remind us that boring needs a shakeup once in a while. Hilarious and intimate." (George Sapio, New Play Exchange, 2021)
- "Sometimes when one falls down the rabbit hole of reading plays, one finds themselves in a wonderfully weird world of absurdly surreal comedy, which was certainly the case with this wildly over-the-top short from Jeff Dunne. With anarchic glee, Dunne makes smart points about altering one's perspective and learning to relax, and by the end what seemed insane appears normal, and what passed for normal seems intolerable. I'll take some of that tea, please. And the biscuits." (Doug DeVita, New Play Exchange, 2020)