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Beyond Therapy
Full-Length Play, Comedy / 2w, 4m
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.
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Cast Size
2w, 4m -
Suggested Use
- Cutting Approved for Competition
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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
- 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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Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
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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