Next (play)

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Next is a one-act play by Terrence McNally.

At the comedy's center are Marion Cheever, a middle-aged, overweight, debt-ridden, divorced father of two who mistakenly has been called by the draft, and Sergeant Thech, a no-nonsense female examining officer. A battle-of-wits is waged between the "sad sack" determined to avoid military service and the career officer just as determined to sign him up.

Paired with Elaine May's Adaptation, Next opened on February 10, 1969 at the off-Broadway Greenwich Mews Theatre, where it ran for 707 performances. James Coco and Elaine Shore were directed by May.