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Spain (Silverman)

  • Jen Silverman
  • Full Length Play, Drama, 1930s
  • 4M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573711107

Set in the West Village in 1936, Jen Silverman’s seductive and funny new play about the art of propaganda and the Disinformation Age explores how art can change the world – for better and worse.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: 1930s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Smoking

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Step into a sophisticated, slippery world where the line between truth and fiction is all in the packaging. It’s 1936, and a pair of passionate filmmakers have landed their next big project: a sweeping Spanish Civil War film with the potential to change American hearts and minds. It just happens to be bankrolled by the KGB. This seductive and funny new play about the art of propaganda and the dangerous, ongoing Disinformation Age explores how art can change the world – for better and worse.
REVIEWS:

"A plea for virtue in art; a cry against the hollowness of ‘content’ and the mendacity of state-backed media."

 Theatrely

"Clever... ultimately, Silverman is less concerned with Russian influence in the Spanish Civil War than with the permanent problem of art in the world... Silverman’s dialogue has the clipped rhythm of screwball comedy."

 The New York Times

"A play about artists who are dupes and why the art they make doesn’t really change anything."

 The Wrap

"Spain touches issues of propaganda and artistic integrity in an age of mass media."

 Theatermania

Premiere Production: Spain premiered off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre on November 8, 2023. Directed by Tyne Rafaeli, the production featured Marin Ireland, Andrew Burnap, Zachary James, Erik Lochtefeld and Danny Wolohan.

Characters

  • Casting: 4M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Ensemble cast
  • Casting Notes: All roles can be played by actors of any race or ethnicity. The author encourages all productions to prioritize diversity and inclusion in casting.

  • JORIS IVENS – Man, 30s, wants to be liked, easygoing, an infiltrator
    HELEN – Woman, 30s, sharp, pragmatic, an infiltrator
    JOHN DOS PASSOS (DOS) – Man, early 40s, a deeply decent man who can be naïve
    ERNEST HEMINGWAY (ERNEST) – Man, late 30s, charming, secretly self-hating, overcompensates
    KARL – Man, can be 40s-60s, should speak Russian

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    Step into a sophisticated, slippery world where the line between truth and fiction is all in the packaging. It’s 1936, and a pair of passionate filmmakers have landed their next big project: a sweeping Spanish Civil War film with the potential to change American hearts and minds. It just happens to be bankrolled by the KGB. This seductive and funny new play about the art of propaganda and the dangerous, ongoing Disinformation Age explores how art can change the world – for better and worse.

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