The lights come up on mary and bens backyard patio. Detroit by lisa damour is back on stage this weekend, friday and saturday nights at 8 p. Martha lavey, artistic director and david hawkanson, executive director. 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. 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. That peculiar fact, says the playwright, sometimes provokes consternation and sparks debates in postshow talkbacks from. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. Lisa damours biting dark comedy, according to the notes, is set in the suburbs of an unnamed metropolis. Its as if a big idea was slapped on top of a roiling personal and social drama. 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. Lisa damour s play detroit isnt actually set in the motor city.
Damour perfectly captures a certain pervasive lifestyle of today. It was a finalist for the pulitzer and susan smith blackburn prizes. We talked to kate arrington about the characters and unusual humor in detroit. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. 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. The play won the obie award for best new american play in 20. Lisa s play detroit premiered at steppenwolf in 2010, directed by ensemble member austin pendleton. With katie pearl, she is coartistic director of pearldamour, a company that makes collaborative, often sitespecific performances.
In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see sudden. And she came over to ask us politely sort of politely if. Friedman theater on broadway, playwrights horizons, theatre of a twoheaded calf, clubbed thumb, all in nyc, childrens theater company minneapolis, the. 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. 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. This sharp xray of the embattled american psyche new york times is a brilliantly observed piece of art chicago. Playwrights horizons produced the new york premiere of detroit offbroadway in 2012. Detroit is melodrama about couples near the edge, and. It was a finalist for the pulitzer and susan smith blackburn. Playwright lisa damour talks detroit washingtonian dc. Detroit ebook by lisa damour 9781466801288 rakuten kobo. 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.
In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house. Detroit was a finalist for the 2011 pulitzer prize in drama and the 2011 susan smith blackburn prize. 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. 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. Originally produced by chicagos steppenwolf theatre, lisa damours detroit made its uk premiere at the national theatre, london, in may 2012. 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. 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. The acting is very good, and annie kauffmans direction is sharp and gritty, but this script sometimes appears almost like a tv melodrama. Detroit by lisa damour scene iv sharon kenny you are not going to believe this. Detroit goes behind the curtain of the american dream. Lisa damour s play detroit is a dark metaphor for the disintegration of american society. With detroit, playwright lisa damour wins acclaim by. 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.
Detroit, with amy ryan and david schwimmer the new. Her plays have produced by theaters across the country, including manhattan theater clubs samuel j. If youre one of those people who likes a title to reveal its meaning quickly, then lisa damours detroit may gnaw at you as you watch newish. Damour s dark comedy is as rich and addictively satisfying as a fivelayer dip served up with a brimming bowl of tortilla chips. In detroit, lisa damour s provocative suburban allegory, the american dream remains very much alive. Release on 201015, this book has 63 page count that attach valuable information with easy reading experience. Only she wasnt wearing a pink jogging suit, she was wearing shorts and a blue tshirt. 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.
A sharp xray of the embattled american psyche as well as a smart, tart critique of the countrys fraying social fabric, ms. Thoughtful and funny, the oneact speeds across a futuristic landscape covered in snow and darkness. Come back, american dream lisa damours detroit and. Philadelphia theatre company production through november 9, 2014 at suzanne roberts theatre, 480 s. Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york city. Lisa damour is a playwright and one half of pearldarmour, an obieaward winning. Lisa damour s detroit, a pulitzer finalist in 2011, comes to woolly mammoth september 9 through october 6, following a hit offbroadway run. The play features two couples in an unspecified us city. Lisa damour is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read detroit. Read detroit a play by lisa damour available from rakuten kobo. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading detroit. Her play detroit was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for drama. Detroit isbn 9780865478657 pdf epub lisa damour ebook.
Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york. Reviews a friendly suburban barbecue spirals into a delirious, dangerous bacchanal in the superb play detroit by lisa damour. Curious theatre company heads to lisa damours detroit. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Wellfleet it takes place in detroit only metaphorically. 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. Its was nominated for the pulitzer prize this year and is scheduled to have a broadway production in 2012. Detroit received its world premiere at steppenwolf theatre. Apocalyptic, strange and wonderfully entertaining, lisa damour s hide town, created with company members from infernal bridegroom productions, is everything experimental theater should be. In lisa damour s pulitzernominated play detroit, two couples live next door to each other in an unspecified suburb. Pendleton also directed the second production at the royal national theater with a british cast.
Scenes feature darren pettie, amy ryan, and sarah sokolovic. Detroit, originally produced by steppenwolf theater company, was a. Lisa damour is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist and one half of the obieaward winning performance duo pearldamour. Scenes from detroit at playwrights horizons youtube. Free download detroit book read online detroit book that writen by lisa damour in english language. Playwright lisa damour detroit received its debut at steppenwolf in chicago a year ago, and by all accounts was a knockout of a production. In a suburb of a midsized american city, ben and mary welcome to the neighbourhood. What comments have people made to you about having a teenage daughter. 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.
Detroit is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. Playwright lisa damours detroit in chelsea, airline. Pearldamours work has been presented at ps122, here arts center and the. 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. Damour can write excellent and funny dialogue as well as craft interesting, realistic characters. The world premiere of detroit was produced and presented.