Lisa damour s play detroit is a dark metaphor for the disintegration of american society. In detroit, lisa damour s provocative suburban allegory, the american dream remains very much alive. Therefore detroit is a definitely stageable play, fun to act, entertaining and, as any good play should be, not easily adapted to film or television. Lisa damour on detroit my brother chris, the quintessential charming new orleans host, has a game he often starts at parties after downing an oldfashioned or two. Playwright lisa damours detroit in chelsea, airline. This incendiary drama by lisa damour explores two couples in middle america clinging to the ideal that hard work is rewarded with comfort and contentment. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who ve moved into the long empty house next door the fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold that newly unemployed ben and burgeoning alcoholic mary have on their way of life with unexpected comic consequences detroit iin a first ring suburb. Her plays have produced by theaters across the country, including manhattan theater clubs samuel j. And she came over to ask us politely sort of politely if. Originally produced by chicagos steppenwolf theatre, lisa damours detroit made its uk premiere at the national theatre, london, in may 2012. Playwrights horizons produced the new york premiere of detroit offbroadway in 2012. Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york city. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Detroit by lisa damour is back on stage this weekend, friday and saturday nights at 8 p.
Lisa damours biting dark comedy, according to the notes, is set in the suburbs of an unnamed metropolis. After seeing lisa damours play detroit, which opened last night at playwrights horizons, one may wonder whether there is any hope left for the old neighborhood. Lisa damour is a playwright and one half of pearldarmour, an obieaward winning. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Its was nominated for the pulitzer prize this year and is scheduled to have a broadway production in 2012. Scenes feature darren pettie, amy ryan, and sarah sokolovic. Philadelphia theatre company production through november 9, 2014 at suzanne roberts theatre, 480 s.
Lisa damour s play detroit isnt actually set in the motor city. Detroit by lisa damour directed by anne marie cummings assistant director chris dell corporate sponsor the fraternal order of eagles the fraternal order of eagles, an international nonprofit organization, unites fraternal ly in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to. Detroit isbn 9780865478657 pdf epub lisa damour ebook. Detroit is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. Detroit ebook by lisa damour 9781466801288 rakuten kobo.
Apocalyptic, strange and wonderfully entertaining, lisa damour s hide town, created with company members from infernal bridegroom productions, is everything experimental theater should be. He especially loves to play it when his guests include people from different facets of his liferelative strangers to each other who might need an icebreaker in order to really. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors whove moved into the longempty house next door. A sharp xray of the embattled american psyche as well as a smart, tart critique of the countrys fraying social fabric, ms.
The play premiered at the steppenwolf theatre company in chicago in 2010 and subsequently ran offbroadway at playwrights horizons in fall 2012. Detroit by lisa damour overdrive rakuten overdrive. This sharp xray of the embattled american psyche new york times is a brilliantly observed piece of art chicago. In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house. The apollinaire theatre companys sparkling production of hot playwright lisa damours detroit shares themes with the huntington theatre companys come back, little sheba, says ed. The lights come up on mary and bens backyard patio. Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york. The play features two couples in an unspecified us city. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Playwright lisa damour detroit received its debut at steppenwolf in chicago a year ago, and by all accounts was a knockout of a production. Reviews a friendly suburban barbecue spirals into a delirious, dangerous bacchanal in the superb play detroit by lisa damour. Wellfleet it takes place in detroit only metaphorically. Detroit, with amy ryan and david schwimmer the new.
In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors whove moved into the longempty house. Its as if a big idea was slapped on top of a roiling personal and social drama. The world premiere of detroit was produced and presented. Damour perfectly captures a certain pervasive lifestyle of today. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pendleton also directed the second production at the royal national theater with a british cast. In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see sudden. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors whove moved into the longempty house next. With katie pearl, she is coartistic director of pearldamour, a company that makes collaborative, often sitespecific performances.
It was a finalist for the pulitzer and susan smith blackburn. Martha lavey, artistic director and david hawkanson, executive director. The play won the obie award for best new american play in 20. In a suburb of a midsized american city, ben and mary welcome to the neighbourhood. It was a finalist for the pulitzer and susan smith blackburn prizes. Detroit goes behind the curtain of the american dream. Lisa damour is a playwright, performer, and former carnival queen from new orleans.
Damour s dark comedy is as rich and addictively satisfying as a fivelayer dip served up with a brimming bowl of tortilla chips. We talked to kate arrington about the characters and unusual humor in detroit. As a current student on this bumpy collegiate pathway, i stumbled upon course hero, where i can find study resources for nearly all my courses, get online help from tutors 247, and even share my old projects, papers, and lecture notes with other students. Lisa damour s detroit, a pulitzer finalist in 2011, comes to woolly mammoth september 9 through october 6, following a hit offbroadway run. What comments have people made to you about having a teenage daughter. Nominated for both a pulitzer prize and a susan smith blackburn award in 2011, lisa damour s detroit is a powerful, funny and honest play that has resonated with audiences in productions in new york, london and cities across north america. Read detroit a play by lisa damour available from rakuten kobo. Pearldamours work has been presented at ps122, here arts center and the. Lisa damour is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist and one half of the obieaward winning performance duo pearldamour. That peculiar fact, says the playwright, sometimes provokes consternation and sparks debates in postshow talkbacks from. The world premiere of detroit was produced and presented by steppenwolf theatre company, chicago, il. Playwright lisa damour talks detroit washingtonian dc. Only she wasnt wearing a pink jogging suit, she was wearing shorts and a blue tshirt. In lisa damour s pulitzernominated play detroit, two couples live next door to each other in an unspecified suburb.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading detroit. Friedman theater on broadway, playwrights horizons, theatre of a twoheaded calf, clubbed thumb, all in nyc, childrens theater company minneapolis, the. Scenes from detroit at playwrights horizons youtube. Lisa s play detroit premiered at steppenwolf in 2010, directed by ensemble member austin pendleton. In lisa damour s play detroit, a pulitzer prize finalist at playwrights horizons, a couple who fear they are sliding out of their economic class meet a couple who have other problems. Thoughtful and funny, the oneact speeds across a futuristic landscape covered in snow and darkness. Detroit, originally produced by steppenwolf theater company, was a. Free download detroit book read online detroit book that writen by lisa damour in english language. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read detroit. Release on 201015, this book has 63 page count that attach valuable information with easy reading experience. Curious theatre company heads to lisa damours detroit. Fuelled by alcohol and backyard barbecues, their new friendship veers rapidly out of control as inhibitions are obliterated, laying bare the fragility of ben and marys offtheshelf lifestyle. Lisa damours obie award winning play is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new.
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