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Middletown

  • Will Eno
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, New Millennium/21st Century, Contemporary
  • 6M, 6F
  • ISBN: 9780573703089

"Delicate, moving, piercing, tart, funny, gorgeous. Mr. Eno's gift may be unmatched among writers of his generation. Glimmers from start to finish."

The New York Times

"Totally engrossing! Thoughtful, penetrating and entertaining."

Associated Press

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: New Millennium/21st Century, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! of the Inaugural Horton Foote Award for Most Promising New Play of 2010
Middletown is a deeply moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.
REVIEWS:

"Delicate, moving, piercing, tart, funny, gorgeous. Mr. Eno's gift may be unmatched among writers of his generation. Glimmers from start to finish."

 The New York Times

"Richly engaging and satisfyingly theatrical, with heart and humor. A modern-day equivalent to Thornton Wilder's Our Town."

TheatreMania

"Utterly spellbinding! Four Stars! Will Eno's dark comic genius inspires all."

Time Out New York

"Middletown is lusciously written, strangely poignant, dizzyingly modern spin on life."

Newsday

"A play by Will Eno is a testament to the power of words and wordplay. The worlds he creates are shaped by the cadence, timing and positioning of words to tell stories about the everyday. In his absurdist, abstract drama Middletown, ...Eno offers up an old-fashioned version of smalltown life that is familiar but with a tilt to the surreal."

Chicago Sun Times

Premiere Production: Middletown premiered in New York City at The Vineyard Theatre in 2010, under the direction of Ken Russ Schmoll.

Characters

  • Casting: 6M, 6F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Ensemble cast, Flexible casting, Non-Traditional casting, Expandable casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

  • MRS. SWANSON
    FEMALE TOURIST / WOMAN ON DATE / ATTENDANT 2
    AUNT / FEMALE DOCTOR / INTERCOM
    LIBRARIAN
    PUBLIC SPEAKER / GREG / MALE DOCTOR
    MALE TOURIST / FREELANCER / RADIO HOST
    TOUR GUIDE / ATTENDANT / MUSIC HOST
    MECHANIC
    COP
    JOHN DODGE
    SWEETHEART
    LANDSCAPER / GROUND CONTROL / MAN ON DATE / JANITOR

    • Available Material

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    Middletown Script Order Now

    Middletown is a deeply moving and funny new play exploring the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and poignant ways in a journey that takes them from the local library to outer space and points between.

    		$24.95

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