Download or read book Karen, the Fuse Lady and Other Plays written by Robert Reichardt and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-27 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of whimsical modern plays: everything from angry people battling with aluminum lawn chairs in Purgatory (Orange Lips and the Barbecue People), to a bratty adolescent girl who takes control of the entire world (Echo and the Camouflage), to a Substitute Teacher who learns valuable life lessons from a Kindergarten Class (Coats on the floor, and Chocolate Milk), to a wacky "summer romance," in a Chicago tenement (Karen, The Fuse Lady), to frightened guests at a house party who fantasize about escaping to a giant fluffy planet (HAT-P-1, or A Big Crunch), is present here.