The humor relies heavily on a dry, self-aware delivery rather than over-the-top punchlines.
To read the play in its entirety or license it, you can view the official script listed at Concord Theatricals or preview the published book through Google Books .
This is a work of fiction. This is a story about a guy named Alex Moore—that's me—and what happens when he takes a job working in a certain lady's basement. Now, the basement is real. You can read about it in her book, My Passion for Design . She built a street of shops under her barn in Malibu to house her collection of dolls, and clothes, and antiques. But the job I had, and the things that happened to me down there... those are made up. They are a product of Jonathan Tolins' imagination. buyer and cellar playbill
from the acclaimed off-Broadway comedy Buyer & Cellar is the ultimate "solid piece" to use for an audition or performance.
"First of all, I want to thank you all for coming. Before we begin, there are a few things I have to say. I am not Barbra Streisand. I don't do her. I don’t think anybody should do her. She’s too specific. Even when people do her brilliantly, it's not her, it's an interpretation. So if you're looking for an impersonation, that’s not what this is. The humor relies heavily on a dry, self-aware
In Jonathan Tolins' brilliant one-man show, Alex—a struggling, out-of-work actor who was just fired from Disneyland—takes a bizarre job curating the fictionalized underground shopping mall in Malibu basement. 🎭 The Monologue (Selection)
The script explicitly requires the actor to speak directly to the audience, drop character entirely, and address them with charm and conversational wit. This is a story about a guy named
You have to play multiple characters throughout the show, and this opening establishes your baseline charisma.