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Penitent, The

  • David Mamet
  • Full Length Play, Drama, Contemporary
  • 3M, 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573706462

"The Penitent is timely and exciting and, in the best of ways, awfully depressing."

NBC New York

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Drama
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings, Bare Stage/Simple Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
A renowned psychologist, Charles, is asked to testify on behalf of one of his former patients who has committed a shooting. At first he is hesitant, and as his lawyer and his wife begin to tell him how he should handle the situation, Charles clings more fervently to his moral and his ethics. However, the tighter he clings, the more his reputation and career hang in the balance, especially as more truths are revealed about his relationship to his patient.
REVIEWS:

"Doctor-patient privilege, religion and infidelity are all worked into the mix, so much so that the story seems unbelievably loaded with twists, but that's part of the entertaining quality of it all, as are the elevated verbal rhythms that Mamet orchestrates so well into his dialogue."

BroadwayWorld

"The Penitent is timely and exciting and, in the best of way, awfully depressing."

NBC New York

"You can still hear a little of that old MAMETIAN MAGIC. The language is both casual and formal and the result can be wonderful -- like Schubert scoring a boxing match."

The New York Times

Premiere Production: The Penitent premiered at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City in February 2017 under the direction of Neil Pope.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)

  • CHARLES - a middle-aged psychologist
    KATE - middle-aged woman, his wife
    RICHARD - a family friend
    AN ATTORNEY

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    A renowned psychologist, Charles, is asked to testify on behalf of one of his former patients who has committed a shooting. At first he is hesitant, and as his lawyer and his wife begin to tell him how he should handle the situation, Charles clings more fervently to his moral and his ethics. However, the tighter he clings, the more his reputation and career hang in the balance, especially as more truths are revealed about his relationship to his patient.

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