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Beyond Therapy

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  2w, 4m

Christopher Durang

Chirstopher Durang's delightful off-Broadway hit, which moved successfully to Broadway, concerns Bruce and Prudence, two modern, neurotic urbanites searching for love and sanity – with the questionable help of their offbeat therapists.

Beyond Therapy

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 4m
  • Suggested Use
    • Cutting Approved for Competition
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior

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Summary
Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence’s macho therapist is urging her to be more assertive, while Bruce’s wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. She does not fully comprehend that Bruce has a male lover who is not pleased by Bruce’s desire to date a woman. Bruce doesn’t know how to handle poor, nervous Prudence, and Prudence doesn’t know what to make of her unpredictable new boyfriend. They do learn to live beyond therapy in this delightful off-Broadway hit, which moved successfully to Broadway starring Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow.

History
Beyond Therapy premiered off-Broadway on 1 January 1981 at the Phoenix Theatre, directed by Jerry Zaks. On 26 May 1982, Beyond Therapy premiered on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Directed by John Madden, the production featured John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest and – making his Broadway debut – David Hyde Pierce.
Keywords
BRUCE
PRUDENCE
STUART
CHARLOTTE
BOB
ANDREW
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A restaurant, Dr. Framingham's office, Charlotte Wallace's office and Bruce's apartment. 1982.

Media

“Offers the best therapy of all: guaranteed laughter!” – TIME

“Filled with offbeat laugh lines, wry observations on the contemporary urban psyche and situations that range from farcical to absurd.” – Women's Wear Daily

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Christopher Durang

Christopher Durang
Christopher Durang’s plays include The Idiots Karamazov (coauthored with Albert Innaurato), A History of the American Film (Tony nom.), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (Obie Award), Beyond Therapy (off and on Broadway), Baby with the Bathwater, The Marriage of Be ...
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