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Discuss “Quick: Paper or plastic?”

Six years after School of Drama alumna Roberta Valderrama (’00) graduated, she landed her first regular role on television. She will be starring in 10 Items or Less, a sitcom of less than epic proportions about the quirky staff of a grocery store (Greens & Grains) premiering next Monday on TBS.

Improv actor and show creator John Lehr stars as Leslie Pool, a man returning to Ohio to run a grocery store he just inherited from his father. According to the press release, 10 Items or Less is the first in a slate of late-night comedy series being developed by the network.

10 Items or Less incorporates both improvisation and traditional sitcom scripting. “As soon as you get on the set,” said Valderrama, “the director gives us a little...

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