Psychologists Kate and Ben are a married professional couple who set out to co-write a popular book on personality traits, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assesment. Full of enthusiasm, Kate and Ben move to a writers’ retreat: WE’RE GONNA DO IT WITH A BOOK! In a deadline frenzy, they pick four couples from their own practices to show how the pairs of personality types affect one’s life and loves, calling the book TYPE TALKING. Facing writer’s block, they role-play each couple,
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This brief video features excerpts from a staged reading of Just My TYPE, The Musical, at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA. Charlotte Jacobs’ and Michael Sally’s fast-paced musical comedy about relationships and personality types features psychologists Ben and Kate, who use four couples from their own practices to illustrate what happens when opposites mate, i.e. an introvert marries an extrovert, or a thinker weds a feeler. The couples’ attractions, conflicts, and resolutions—or lack thereof—are played out in various settings–from Puget Sound to Santa Monica to Big Stone Gap, VA. Emmy-winning composer Rita Abrams’ dynamic music & lyrics vary in tone and style with each of the five couples—all played by the same two actors.
Praise for Just my Type
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New play coming thanks to three huge San Francisco Bay Area Talents
The Examiner
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Rita Abrams writes wonderful and captivating music and lyrics, and the shows that emerge from her remarkable creativity are always worth your time and nourishing to your spirit. JUST MY TYPE is another work of hers that will capture you.
Michael Krasny, Host of NPR’s Forum
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The house was packed last night for the staged reading of the new musical, JUST MY TYPE
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