Her name is Ellen, that girl from Texas. She is a delightful spoof of the standard image of what all Texans are like. Very easy to do, this comedy spotlights excellent roles for Ellen and 3 dissatisfied girls sharing a "medium" apartment in New York while holding medium jobs and dating medium beaus. They dream of the things that everybody dreams about: romance with an ideal sweetheart, success in an exciting career, the luxuries and fun that romance and success can bring. But their dreams seem to be impossible dreams...until two strangers enter their lives: a rich, handsome young executive and a pretty cowgirl from Texas.

The conflict which follows is filled with humor for the audience, but arrival of that girl from Texas heads them toward real unhappiness until they appreciate the philosophy of their old cleaning lady: "If we can't have what we want, we better want what we have." Or, before you throw away what you're holding, you'd better have a tight grip on something better. Happy ending? Even Ellen finds romance.

An exciting, action-packed comedy for high schools—for any theatre group with pretty girls to cast in the four leading roles.

Three acts; Set, apartment living room; Time, the present.

Other plays by Green: Tennis, Anyone? and A Trying Ordeal

See also: Plays About Personal Relationships