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Super-Lubricated
A Short Play
By Jim Dalglish & Lynda Sturner
A widow and a clerk working the grave-yard shift discover the secret to life might be as obvious as a box hanging on a rack at the local Wallgreen’s.
"I want something that … Oh, God… this is embarrassing… that someone will, you know, like… like. Do you have a personal favorite?" - Helen
Jim Dalglish and Lynda Sturner
Characters
Helen - Early 60s; a widow.
Perry - Early 50s; working the nigh shift at Walgreens.
Setting
Walgreen’s Drug Store. Sandusky, Ohio.
Jim Dalglish as Perry and Lynda Sturner as Helen (2015 production during the Provincetown International Women's Theater Festival.)
Time
Tonight; 2 am
Length
18 mins.
Type
Lynda winning her "Oscar" for Best Actress at the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
Comedy / Drama
Themes
Rejoining life; recovering after loss; chronic illness; AIDS; gay issues
Script Completed
Spring 2003; Revised 2015
Awards:
Chosen for the 2006 Great Plains Theater Festival, Omaha, Nebraska
Production History
International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
May, 2016 (Full Production)
Provincetown International Women's Theater Festival
October 14 - 17, 2015 (Full Production)
SexTet: 6 plays of love and other disorders
Provincetown Theater Company
7/28/03 - 8/14/03 (Full Production)
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