Luther
- Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Contemporary
- 4M, 1F, 1M or F
- ISBN: 9780573707063
"The play oozes with a moral ambiguity that will stick to your bones and your conscience long after you've left the theater."
The New York Times
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Dark Comedy
- 90 minutes
- Time Period: Contemporary
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
- Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language, Smoking
- Performance Group:
- College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
The world is a hard place for a returning war veteran. Lucky for Luther, he's been adopted by a couple of caring urbanites, Walter and Marjorie.
A darkly comic examination of America's uneasy relationship with our veterans that begs the question: Who is more detached from reality, the soldier or those he is protecting?
REVIEWS:
A darkly comic examination of America's uneasy relationship with our veterans that begs the question: Who is more detached from reality, the soldier or those he is protecting?
REVIEWS:
CRITIC'S PICK! "The play oozes with a moral ambiguity that will stick to your bones and your conscience long after you've left the theater."
The New York Times
Premiere Production:
Luther premiered as a part of the Clubbed Thumb Summerworks Festival at the HERE Arts Center in New York City in June 2012, under the direction of Ken Rus Schmoll.
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 1F, 1M or F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)
- Casting Notes: Tom and Captain James should be played by the same actor. All four puppet characters should be played by one actor (female or male) and those characters should be portrayed with as much gravity and humanity as possible.
LUTHER SHAW FORMAN - a veteran of war, mid 20s
WALTER FORMAN - a businessman, mid 40s
TOM - a caterer, early 30s
MORRIS McHENRY - a stranger, early 40s
CAPTAIN JAMES - a policeman, mid 40s
PHIL AND JULIE - business people, played by puppets
OFFICER - played by a puppet
FRANK LIEBOWITZ - a legal advocate, played by a puppet
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The world is a hard place for a returning war veteran. Lucky for Luther, he's been adopted by a couple of caring urbanites, Walter and Marjorie. A darkly comic examination of America's uneasy relationship with our veterans that begs the question: Who is more detached from reality, the soldier or those he is protecting? |
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