Tale of 2Cities An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks

by Woodbury, Heather

• ISBN13: 9781584350378
• ISBN10: 1584350377
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-22
• Publisher: Semiotext(e)

Summary

"Tale of 2Cities is a collision of life-stories from New York and Los Angeles spun into an epic mix by a young Echo Park DJ mourning his grandmother's death. A live seance among generations of interwoven characters on both coasts, Tale flashes back to 1957 when the Brooklyn Dodgers abandoned one neighborhood, while in LA another was lost to make way for the transplanted team's new stadium. From the rise of Senator McCarthy to the fall of New York's Twin Towers, Manny's mix summons a lost universe of lives otherwise erased, in a style that owes as much to DJ Shadow as John Steinbeck."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Heather Woodbury is the author of the critically acclaimed What Ever, which began as a ten-hour theater phenomenon and was adapted as a radio play, excerpts of which were heard on Ira Glass's This American Life. Woodbury's legendary serial dramas were a highlight of the East Village club scene of the 1980s. A fully-staged version of Tale of 2Cities, which won a Kennedy Award for play writing, will have its premiere in Fall 2006 at PS 122 in New York City.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	9	(2)
HEATHER WOODBURY IN CONVERSATION WITH IRA GLASS	11	(12)
CHARACTERS	23	(4)
PART ONE GRIFTERS, DRIFTERS AND DODGERS	27	(100)
TRACK 1: PRAYERSCAPE IN DIAMOND SHAPE	29	(32)
TRACK 2: HALLUCINATION MAP: BROOKLANGELES	61	(34)
TRACK 3: COLINA DE LOS SUEICT'OS: DREAM HILL	95	(32)
PART TWO MEGA MIXICANA WALTZ	127
TRACK 4: LOS DESTERRADOS: THE UPROOTED	129	(38)
TRACK 5: STEALING BASES	167	(26)
TRACK 6: PLAYBACK: PRAYERSCAPE	193