The Flick

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The Flick

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  1w, 3m

Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. A hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.

Image: 2013 Playwrights Horizons Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Scene Work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
    Winner! 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting
    Winner! 2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
    Nominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play 
    Nominee! 2013 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play 
    Finalist! 2013 New York Critics Circle Award, Best Play

Details

Summary
In a run-down movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees mop the floors and attend to one of the last 35mm film projectors in the state. Their tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks play out in the empty aisles, becoming more gripping than the lackluster, second-run movies on screen. With keen insight and a finely-tuned comic eye, The Flick is a hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world.
History
The Flick premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on March 12, 2013. Directed by Sam Gold, the production featured Alex Hanna, Louisa Krause, Matthew Maher and Aaron Clifton Moten.
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  • Time Period New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting A movie theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts. Summer 2012.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Drugs
    • Intense Adult Themes
    • Strong Language

Media

“Funny, heartbreaking, sly and unblinking.” – New York Magazine

Critic's Pick! "Hilarious and touching... Annie Baker, one of the freshest and most talented dramatists to emerge Off Broadway in the past decade, writes with tenderness and keen insight. Her writing is a great blessing to performers: The Flick draws out nakedly truthful and unadorned acting. This lovingly observed play will sink deep into your consciousness.” – The New York Times, Read More Here

“Funny, heartbreaking, sly, and unblinking. The Flick may be the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater.” – New York Magazine, Read More Here

“Ms. Baker is a master miniaturist chasing big themes – love and loyalty; kindness and cruelty; fantasy and reality... The dialogue is uncannily, you-are-there authentic.” – New York Daily News, Read More Here

“Annie Baker... is hot to the touch and still turning out must-watch work.” – Variety, Read More Here

★★★★ “A hypnotic, heartbreaking, micro-epic about movies and moving on. Irreducibly theatrical.” – Time Out New York, Read More Here

“Exhilarating... Utterly in tune at every moment.” – Village Voice, Read More Here

“Perfection... Annie Baker is a genuine original, the real thing. She follows last season's Uncle Vanya version with this bold absolutely mesmerizing comic drama.” – Huffington Post

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Videos

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    Making THE FLICK at Playwrights Horizons

  • Backstage with THE FLICK's Louisa Krause youtube thumbnail

    Backstage with THE FLICK's Louisa Krause

Photos

  • The Flick

    Image: 2013 Playwrights Horizons Production (Joan Marcus)

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Annie Baker

Annie Baker's full-length plays include The Flick (Playwrights Horizons, OBIE Award for Playwriting, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize), Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons, OBIE Award for Best New American Play, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Aliens (Ratt ...
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