"Skin Deep" by Jon Lonoff, at The Workshop from 6 to 22 Nov 2003

Mon 27 Oct 2003 "Skin Deep" by Jon Lonoff, at The Workshop from 6 to 22 Nov 2003 WorkShop Theater Company presents Skin Deep by Jon Lonoff, at The Workshop, Main Stage Theater 312 West 36th Street (Off Broadway) from 6 to 22 Nov 2003. Directed by Marc Raphael, the play features Jed Dickson, Michele Foor, Jim Ligon , Tracy Newirth In the spirit of 'Moonstruck,' Skin Deep is a romantic New York comedy about four grown-ups who should know better. It centers on Maureen Mulligan - large, lovable, unkempt and over 40. She is wise in many ways but alone, due to her belief that she is overweight and not attractive enough to be loved. In contrast, her closest sister, Sheila, has become obsessed with cosmetics and plastic surgery - out of her own insecurity about her marriage to Squire Whiting, a handsome, successful lawyer in his family's prestigious firm. Sheila convinces a reluctant Maureen to go on a date for the first time in fifteen years. Joe Spinelli, an awkward, sweet guy from Bensonhurst, arrives and is immediately attracted to the warm and vital Maureen, but Maureen is so insecure that she sends Joe packing. Urged on by Sheila and Joe, Squire convinces Maureen to stop burying her sorrows in pizza and Chinese takeout - and accept Joe at his word. After all, beauty is only skin deep.