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Parents' Evening

  • Bathsheba Doran
  • Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 1M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573799808

A painfully witty, perceptive exploration of the landlines of parenting in modern marriage.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dramatic Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set

  • Performance Group:
  • Shoestring Budget, College Theatre / Student, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
It's dusk. Mother and Father are in their bedroom, dressing in preparation for Parents' Evening at their only daughter's primary school. During this rare opportunity to check in, the couple embarks on a volatile, passionate and surprising confrontation that challenges every one of their life choices.

The play is a painfully witty, perceptive exploration of the landlines of parenting in modern marriage.
REVIEWS:

"A compelling and absorbing new dramedy!"

 TheatreMania

"Sharp writing and a surprising amount of humor!"

 Backstage

"Doran's script shows insightful nuance!"

 NYTheatre.com

"The strength of Parents' Evening is in the dialogue, specifically the insights that Doran reveals about the highs and lows, connections and alienations, of a couple with a child."

 Theatre is Easy

Premiere Production: Parents' Evening premiered at The Flea Theatre in New York City in April of 2010 under the direction of Jim Simpson.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 1F

  • MOTHER - 30s/40s
    FATHER - 30s/40s

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    It's dusk. Mother and Father are in their bedroom, dressing in preparation for Parents' Evening at their only daughter's primary school. During this rare opportunity to check in, the couple embarks on a volatile, passionate and surprising confrontation that challenges every one of their life choices.

    The play is a painfully witty, perceptive exploration of the landlines of parenting in modern marriage.

    		$24.95

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