Ripcord (TCG Edition)

Ripcord (TCG Edition)
ISBN-10
1559368454
ISBN-13
9781559368452
Category
Drama
Pages
96
Language
English
Published
2017-02-06
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Author
David Lindsay-Abaire

Description

"A lyrical and understanding chronicler of people who somehow become displaced within their own lives…Mr. Lindsay-Abaire has shown a special affinity for female characters suddenly forced to re-evaluate the roles by which they define themselves."—New York Times Set in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, this glorious and biting new comedy from David Lindsay-Abaire centers around Abby, who takes pride in her residence in one of the most coveted rooms in the rest home. Things turn sour quickly when she must take in Marilyn, a new roommate to share her precious space. In a satirical conflict of territory and control, Lindsay-Abaire spins a benign, typically mundane setting into an absurdist, colorful battleground. This high-stakes comedy examines our expectations of what it means to grow old in twenty-first century America, and what happens when a sense of possession collides with a mania of obsession. David Lindsay-Abaire's plays include Good People, Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, High Fidelity, A Devil Inside, and Rabbit Hole, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Lindsay-Abaire wrote the book for Shrek the Musical, and the screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman. Lindsay-Abaire is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a member of the WGA and the Dramatists Guild Council.

Similar books

  • Good People
    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    THE STORY: Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month's paycheck covers last month's bills, and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job.

  • If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet: A Play
    By Nick Payne

    Nick Payne's If There Is I Haven't Found It Yet is a brilliantly sad, humorous, and empathetic play about a family stuck somewhere between knowing what the problem is and doing something about it.

  • "Men Will Come": A History of the 314th Troop Carrier Group 1942-1945
    By Colonel Mark C. Vlahos

    ... Wesley M. Kolbe, Robert J. Possehl, Robert I. Spencer and Edgar L. Thorsrud to 1st Lt.20 Promotions in the 62nd TCS included: 1st Lt. John A. Lambert to Capt. and 2nd Lts. Dale L. Sperline, James W. Lynch and John H. Manion ...

  • Wonder of the World
    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    THE STORY: Nothing will prepare you for the dirty little secret Cass discovers in her husband's sweater drawer.

  • Incognito
    By Nick Payne

    INCOGNITO braids these mysterious stories into one breathtaking whole that asks whether memory and identity are nothing but illusions.

  • Prodigal Son
    By John Patrick Shanley

    A 17-year-old boy from the Bronx suddenly finds himself in a private school in New Hampshire.

  • Kimberly Akimbo
    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    THE STORY: Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should.

  • At the Owl Woman Saloon
    By Tess Gallagher

    Sixteen stories filled with characters who run the gamut from slow sizzle to high sass are brought to life in an anthology of short fiction that captures them struggling to cope with love and loss, and pain and healing

  • Fuddy Meers
    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    -Oakland Press . “ ... some of the most electrifying writing Daniels has ever done ... ” -Ann Arbor News . [ 2M , 1W ) ISBN : 0-8222-1760-0 * INCORRUPTIBLE by Michael Hollinger . When a motley order of medieval monks learns their patron ...

  • A Devil Inside
    By David Lindsay-Abaire

    THE STORY: Mrs.