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Huck & Holden

  • Rajiv Joseph
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Contemporary
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573633959

Huck & Holden is a romantic comedy that wrestles with cultural stereotypes, racism, The Kama Sutra, The Catcher in the Rye, and how losing our innocence doesn't always make us wiser.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre

  • Accolades:
  • Rajiv Joseph is the 2009 recipient of the Whiting Award for Drama
Receiving rave reviews for both its New York and Los Angeles productions, Rajiv Joseph's Huck & Holden tells the story of Navin, an Indian college student who's fresh off the boat and trying to remain focused on his studies while the temptations of America and college life start beating down his door.

When Navin falls for Michelle, a young African-American woman, he finds that his perceptions of the world begin to expand— and crumble. Called "...a coming of-age story with comedy, pathos, and a distinct emotional core," by offoffline.com, Huck & Holden is a romantic comedy that wrestles with cultural stereotypes, racism, The Kama Sutra, The Catcher in the Rye, and how losing our innocence doesn't always make us wiser.
REVIEWS:

"This is theater at its finest, and theater that maters.... Everything in this highly polished production cries out for mention, but at the heart of it all is Joseph's taut, masterful script."

 offoffonline.com

"Rajiv Joseph's zesty comic fantasy Huck & Holden... bursts into utter hilarity."

 Backstage.com

"A charming, goofy and frequently hilarious comedy of sex and romance."

 BroadwayWorld.com

Premiere Production: Huck & Holden premiered at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City in 2005 under the direction of Giovanna Sardelli.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Role(s) for Asian Actor(s)

  • MICHELLE - 19, African-American woman
    NAVIN - early 20s, Indian man
    SINGH - early 20s, Indian man, Sikh
    TORRY - 20s, African-American man
    KALI - African-American woman

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    Receiving rave reviews for both its New York and Los Angeles productions, Rajiv Joseph's Huck & Holden tells the story of Navin, an Indian college student who's fresh off the boat and trying to remain focused on his studies while the temptations of America and college life start beating down his door.

    When Navin falls for Michelle, a young African-American woman, he finds that his perceptions of the world begin to expand— and crumble. Called "...a coming of-age story with comedy, pathos, and a distinct emotional core," by offoffline.com, Huck & Holden is a romantic comedy that wrestles with cultural stereotypes, racism, The Kama Sutra, The Catcher in the Rye, and how losing our innocence doesn't always make us wiser.

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