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Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Short Play, Comedy / 2w, 2m
Winner! 1976 Obie Award for Best New American Play
"Mamet has the most acute ear for dialogue of any American writer since J.D. Salinger." - The Village Voice
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Cast Size
2w, 2m -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- Winner! 1976 Obie for Best New American Play
Details
Summary
The Obie award-winning Sexual Perversity in Chicago "takes funny and painful digs at the fantasies and distances of the contemporary sexual game," according to The New York Times. Two male office workers, Danny and Bernie, are on the make in the swinging singles scene of the early 1970s. Danny meets Deborah in a library, and soon they are lovers as well as roommates. The other couple, Bernie and Joan, seem to have the politics of sex down pat, but are as confused as their more naive counterparts. After much comic drama, the two men end as they started, talking a good game in the local bar.
Published with The Duck Variations.
Keywords
- Time Period 1970s
- Cautions
- Alcohol
- Intense Adult Themes
Media
Licensing & Materials
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Authors
David Mamet
David Mamet’s plays include: China Doll, The Anarchist, Race, Keep Your Pantheon, School, November, Romance, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in ...