Insane Deception- Director’s notes

Characters

Mickey Anderson- A spy

Margie Anderson/ Tanya Volcov- A Russian assassin, ex-wife of Mickey’s

Peggy Anderson ni Green- A schizophrenic, Mickey’s wife

Lucy Davis- A nurse who is really working for the NSA to control the Andersons and is obsessed with bubble gum

Mickey, Margie and Peggy are in their late 30s or early 40s

Lucy is in her early 3os

Costumes

Mickey: White button down shirt (Collared preferably, if not, it’s fine), black pants

Margie: Tight black pants, long sleeved black shirt, black scarf (optional)

Peggy: Black skirt and a lavender sweater, later a white hospital gown over

Lucy: White skirt and lab jacket, nurse’s hat

Props:

2 sofas

Coffee table

Various magazines and books

Vase of flowers

Syringes

Rug

Clipboard

Walkie-talkie/ Cell phone

History:

Mickey Anderson is an American spy during the Cold War, he has been assigned to watch Russian Assassin Tanya Volcov who, in turn, is assigned to kill him. Consequently, they fall in love and marry and Tanya changes her name to Margie Anderson to seem more American. The different cultures and occupations eventually lead to a bitter divorce and they part despising the other. Mickey meets Peggy Green and marries her, changing her name to Peggy Anderson. Years later, Mickey and Margie meet in a grocers and get into a brawl, resulting a shelf of cans falling on them, giving both amnesia. They don’t remember anything about their past, but in the amnesia ward of the insane asylum both were booked into, they both knew they detested the other. Mickey is still married to Peggy and both know he was previously married, though neither knows that Margie is the ex-wife. Both Mickey and Margie are both gradually remembering bits of their pasts, though their senses tell them to keep the knowledge to themselves. Scene is set three years later, Margie and Mickey are still in the asylum and Peggy comes daily to see her husband. Setting is in the visitor’s lounge.