Thugs, The
- Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
- 2M, 6F
- ISBN: 9780573660276
"Bock starts you off giggling, but leaves you with a chill."
Time Out New York
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Description
- Full Length Play
- Dark Comedy
- 60 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
The Obie Award-winning dark comedy about work, thunder and the mysterious things that are happening on the 9th floor of a big law firm. When a group of temps try to discover the secrets that lurk in the hidden crevices of their workplace, they realize they would rather believe in gossip and rumors than face dangerous realities.
Published with The Receptionist in a collection entitled The Office Plays.
REVIEWS:
Published with The Receptionist in a collection entitled The Office Plays.
REVIEWS:
"Bock starts you off giggling, but leaves you with a chill."
Time Out New York
"A delightfully paranoid little nightmare that is both more chillingly realistic and pointedly absurd than anything John Grisham ever dreamed up."
The New York Times
Premiere Production:
Soho Rep, directed by Anne Kauffman.
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 6F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Non-Traditional casting
- Casting Notes: The temporary workers in a law office. Various and varied characters, all working ages.
