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Savin' Up for Saturday Night

book by Jeff Goode
songs by Richard Levinson

copyright © 2009
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

"whirlwind story takes the audience on a comedic ride!"
---LA Stage Blog

"authentic and romantic and loads of fun!"
---Santa Monica Daily Press

"a whimsical, shit-kickin' romp! toe-tapping, unpretensious, country-fried fun!"
---Frontiers in L.A.

"more than delivers on its promise of a good time!"
---Broadway World

"Go!"
---L.A. Weekly
A country music cabaret (& audience-participation dance hall).

Lovin' ain't easy in this one-honky-tonk town, and when the band leader and the bartender fall for the same dance hall girl, you can bet all heckfire's bustin' loose.

It's an evening of non-stop toe-tappers, cat fights, and love quadrangles that sure to keep any joint jumpin' till long past last call.

And if you think you got the gumption, you're welcome to get up and dance along.

Cast Size: 2m, 2f
Running Time: 70-80 minutes
Music: 15 songs
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS:

Every weeknight, at the Honky Tonk Bar & Fill, DOC the bartender slings watered-down drink and half-baked advice, while his lifelong best friend ELDRIDGE - the front man for the house band - drinks away the profits, mooning over the girl he shouldn't have married in high school.

And every Saturday, like clock work, his ex-wife LUCINDA--speak o' the she-devil--drops by to take a turn across the dance floor, and flirt with Doc and all the guys, and generally make Eldridge's life a living heck.

He can't throw her out, though, because there's really nowhere else to cut loose in this one-honky-tonk town. And besides, she's still the best dancer in the whole county.

So it's been going on like that for years now, at the Honky Tonk Bar & Fill, turning the place they once dreamed of into their own personal purgatory.

But on this particular Saturday night, Eldridge gets the upper hand, in this dysfunctional divorce, when he gives up-and-coming songbird PATSY a shot at taking Lucinda's place in what-used-to-be their band.

Doc tries to keep the peace, but emotional fireworks ensue, and Eldridge goes off and storms out, leaving everybody scarred. And in a moment of hurt, Lucinda and Doc finally succumb to the sexual tension they've both been denying for years.

But it's a small town, and romantic love quadrangles don't stay secret for long. So when Eldridge begins to suspect there's another man in his ex-wife's life, the two best friends are forced to fight dirty (and dance dirtier) for the love of the girl they both thought they lost in high school.