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