Theresa Rebeck: Complete Full-Lengths Plays 1999-2007

by Rebeck, Theresa

• ISBN13: 9781575254449
• ISBN10: 1575254441
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-13
• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc

Summary

ABSTRACT EXPRESSION A forgotten artist is rediscovered only to have tragedy descend. While society buzzes, his children lock horns over the question of Who Owns the Art? THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION A family of artists have gathered to share a weekend in the country when a young writer's assistant enters the mix. A comedic and mournful exploration of love, family, fidelity, and art. BAD DATES Haley has been single-handedly raising a kid and running a restaurant for five years; it's time to go out on a date. A hilarious one-woman show that answers the age-old question "Do men and women really need each other?" with a resounding yes. THE WATER'S EDGE Seventeen years after tragedy destroyed his family, Richard returns to confront his wife and grown children. This dark Chekovian exploration of time, memory, and the possibility of redemption ponders the question, "How do we achieve justice in a world gone awry"? THE BELLS Long ago, a Chinaman was lost in the Yukon during the gold rush. When a Canadian bounty hunter appears, ancient crimes reveal themselves. A surreal exploration of the landscape, and the psyche, of murder. THE SCENE An actor's frustrations with his busted career spin out of control when he meets a modern-day siren who butchers the language and destroys his world. A comic tragedy that examines the collapse of American culture.

Author Biography

THERESA REBECK'S recent theater projects include The Water's Edge, produced at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, as part of their 50th anniversary season, and slated for production at Second Stage in Spring of 2006, starring Kate Burton and Tony Goldwyn. Omnium Gatherum (co-written with Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) was featured at the Humana Festival 2003, and had a commercial run at the Variety Arts. Past New York productions include Bad Dates and The Butterfly Collection at Playwrights Horizons, Spike Heels, Loose Knit, and The Family of Mann at Second Stage; View of the Dome at New York Theatre Workshop. Her work has been widely produced both regionally and internationally.

Table of Contents

Abstract expression	p. 1
The butterfly collection	p. 63
Bad dates	p. 129
The bells	p. 161
The water's edge	p. 209
The scene	p. 261
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