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Wild Horses (Gregory)

  • Allison Gregory
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Present Day, Contemporary
  • 1F
  • ISBN: 9780573710551

Wild Horses is a savagely funny one-woman play about a threshold summer that forever alters an adolescent girl, as portrayed by her grown-up self.

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Description

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 90 minutes

  • Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Cautions: Alcohol, Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
It's the 70's, there's music and make-outs, and freedom is just out of reach. A savagely funny play about a threshold summer that forever alters an adolescent girl, as portrayed by her grown-up self. Complex and timeless, this is a coming-of-age story for all generations. The pathos and hubris of teenage years, the struggle for identity, independence and authenticity, and the desire to find your place in a complicated world -- it all comes rushing at us as she takes us on the ride of her life.
REVIEWS:

"A masterpiece of adolescent disobedience and awkward teenage interactions."

 Drama in the Hood

"The storytelling is powerful and vivid. Gregory's words... paint an almost movie-like scene before you... This show reminds us that we each have our own past and hidden within are the universal truths of growing up."

 Broadway World

"Gregory’s work is a masterpiece of adolescent disobedience and awkward teenage interactions that is sure to elicit both raucous laughter and groans of discomfort."

 Drama in the Hood

"Allison Gregory's Wild Horses is a wickedly funny examination of the heady early teenage years. It is a stunning one woman monologue about the struggle for identity, independence and authenticity. What is remarkable about Allison Gregory's riveting tale is the universality of the story. Wild Horses is a brilliantly constructed and highly engaging tale."

 BroadwayWorld Austin

"This heady mix presents its own combination of wonder and danger, a novel's worth of content shrunk to the size of a play, and presented through a single performer… at the end of the show we do not want to let go of the acquaintance of this sprightly, adventurous and incredibly true-to-life adolescent and her associates."

 BroadwayWorld Baltimore

Premiere Production: Wild Horses made its world premiere at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival in Shepherdstown, WV on July 7, 2017. Subsequent productions include stagings at CenterStage at JCC in Rochester, NY (September 2017), The Vortex in Austin, TX (November 2017), New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch, NJ (February 2018), Intiman Theatre in Seattle, WA (May 2018), Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA (September 2021), Williamston Theatre in Williamston, MI (January 2023) and Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis, IN (February 2023).

Characters

  • Casting: 1F
  • Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)

THE WOMAN - 40-60; the mother of teens

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It's the 70's, there's music and make-outs, and freedom is just out of reach. A savagely funny play about a threshold summer that forever alters an adolescent girl, as portrayed by her grown-up self. Complex and timeless, this is a coming-of-age story for all generations. The pathos and hubris of teenage years, the struggle for identity, independence and authenticity, and the desire to find your place in a complicated world -- it all comes rushing at us as she takes us on the ride of her life.

$24.95

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