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Extremities

This incredibly gripping drama portrays the act of rape and it's aftermath as the victim turns the tables on her attacker, reaching a climax of fever pitch suspense.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama

  • Time Period: Present Day
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Intense Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
Marjorie is home alone when Raul enters through her unlocked door and attempts to attack and rape her. The tables turn when Marjorie is able to subdue Raul and keep him tied up in her fireplace. When Terry and Patricia, Marjorie's roommates, come home they are shocked and begin discussing how to handle the situation: call the police or take matters into their own hands?
REVIEWS:

"A good, jolting evening."

 N.Y. Daily News

"A white knuckle psychological thriller."

 USA Today

"...its emotional heft can't be denied."

 Star Tribune

"It is hard to imagine anyone unmoved... or unshaken by the tough questions the play raises."

 Talkin' Broadway

Premiere Production: Extremities premiered at the Rutgers Theatre Company in New Brunswick, NJ in July of 1980 under the direction of John Bettenbender.

Characters

  • Casting: 1M, 3F

  • MARJORIE
    RAUL
    TERRY
    PATRICIA

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    Marjorie is home alone when Raul enters through her unlocked door and attempts to attack and rape her. The tables turn when Marjorie is able to subdue Raul and keep him tied up in her fireplace. When Terry and Patricia, Marjorie's roommates, come home they are shocked and begin discussing how to handle the situation: call the police or take matters into their own hands?

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