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Verite

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  2w, 4m, 1boy(s)

"Mr. Jones deftly satirizes the mania for memoirs." - The New York Times

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 4m, 1boy(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Struggling writer Jo has been given the opportunity of a lifetime to write her own memoir. The only catch is that her publishers explicitly ask that she only write about her life truly, and that it be as exciting as possible. Forced to rexamine her rather dull life, strange events begin to occur, and Jo has to decide if her life is worth writing about, or worth living.
History

Verité premiered at LCT3 in New York City in January 2015 under the direction of Moritz von Stupnagel.

Cast Attributes
ANDREAS VELNER - male early 30s, Norwegian
SVEN KANDETTY - male, mid 30s, Norwegian
JO DARUM - female, mid 30s, prone to nervousness.
LIZ DARUM - mid 30s, brash.
JOSH DARUM - male, early 40s, means well but easily irritated.
LINCOLN DARUM - boy, 8 years old, dry delivery.
WINSTON - male, late 20s-mid 30s.
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

REVIEWS 

"Verité will definitely make you laugh and gasp." - TheatreMania 

"Mr. Jones deftly satirizes the mania for memoirs." - The New York Times


Videos

  • Montage of LCT3 Verité youtube thumbnail

    Montage of LCT3 Verité

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Nick Jones

Nick Jones is a Los Angeles based writer. His play TREVOR has won numerous awards and is widely produced. His play THE COWARD received its world premiere at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 in winter 2010, under the direction of Sam Gold. Other plays include VERITE, and IMPORTAN ...
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