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At the Wedding

  • Bryna Turner
  • Full Length Play, Comedy, Present Day
  • 2M, 4F, 1M or F
  • ISBN: 9780573710049

In this raucous and bittersweet comedy, a woman named Carlo guides the audience through her ex-girlfriend’s wedding, to a man, and talks to several friends and family members about love, life, and how to cope with both.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 75 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language, Smoking

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life… but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Join Carlo as she attempts to make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much, or trying to win back the bride.

Bryna Turner's bittersweet play, a laugh-out-loud comedy that nonetheless addresses some big issues, is for anyone who has ever attended a wedding... or had their heart broken.
REVIEWS:

"Fresh and trenchant... Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party."

 The New York Times

"Whimsical... laughter constantly flows, quite often outrageously so, through 70 lively minutes."

 New York Stage Review

"Brutally hilarious!"

 TheaterMania

"Bitterly funny... wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable bond between love and pain... there's a fun time to be had at this wedding."

 New York Theatre Guide

"Fresh and trenchant... The lines are funny; Turner has a boxer’s sense of the two-punch rhythm of jokes... Authorial patience is part of what makes At the Wedding so fresh; though there are plenty of one-liners, it is not a yuk-yuk comedy foisting its laughs at you or over-signaling its intentions... Also revivifying is the way Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party."

 The New York Times

Premiere Production: At the Wedding premiered off-Broadway at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater on March 21, 2022. Directed by Jenna Worsham, the production featured Jorge Donoso, Rebecca S'manga Frank, Karen Lugo, Carolyn McCormick, Will Rogers, Han Van Sciver and Mary Wiseman.

Characters

  • Casting: 2M, 4F, 1M or F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Role(s) for Non-Binary Actor(s)

  • CARLO – a wedding guest. she/her
    CARLY – a bridesmaid. she/her
    ELI – a wedding guest. he/him
    MARIA – mother of the bride. she/her
    LEIGH – a wedding guest. they/them
    EVA – the bride. she/her
    VICTOR – the cater-waiter for the evening. he/him

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    You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life… but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Join Carlo as she attempts to make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much, or trying to win back the bride.

    Bryna Turner's bittersweet play, a laugh-out-loud comedy that nonetheless addresses some big issues, is for anyone who has ever attended a wedding... or had their heart broken.

    		$24.95

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