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Maple and Vine

  • Jordan Harrison
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, 1950s
  • 3M, 2F
  • ISBN: 9780573700217

Piquantly funny, cleverly executed and darkly playful.

The New York Times

Does everything a good play should do...Harrison makes you weigh the costs and benefits of both eras without hitting you over the head with his own conclusion. You will enjoy reaching your own.

Theatre Louisville

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, 1950s
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Mild Adult Themes

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre, Large Stage
Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors - and they themselves - are willing to sacrifice for happiness.
REVIEWS:

Piquantly funny, cleverly executed and darkly playful. ' – The New York Times'Jordan Harrison’s Maple and Vine does everything a good play should do. It entertains. It makes you think...1950’s conformity may not differ much from 2011’s, but at least we have our conveniences. Harrison makes you weigh the costs and benefits of both eras without hitting you over the head with his own conclusion. You will enjoy reaching your own.

Theatre Louisville
Premiere Production: Actors Theatre of Louisville presented the World Premiere of Maple and Vine at the 2011 Humana Festival. Playwrights Horizons, Inc., New York City, produced the New York Premiere Off-Broadway in December 2011.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 2F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Minority casting

  • KATHA - mid to late 30s
    RYU - mid to late 30s
    DEAN - late 30s
    ELLEN - late 30s. Also plays JENNA
    ROGER - mid to late 30s. Also plays OMAR

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    Katha and Ryu have become allergic to their 21st-century lives. After they meet a charismatic man from a community of 1950s re-enactors, they forsake cell phones and sushi for cigarettes and Tupperware parties. In this compulsively authentic world, Katha and Ryu are surprised by what their new neighbors - and they themselves - are willing to sacrifice for happiness.

    		 $24.95

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