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Through the Yellow Hour

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Adam Rapp

In this dystopian thriller, one woman struggles to survive in her East Village apartment after the country is besieged by a mob of marauding terrorists.

Through the Yellow Hour

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Mystery/Thriller, Science Fiction
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
The United States has been attacked. Men are being castrated, women enumerated. Ellen has been in hiding for fifty-two days, subsisting on very little, hoping against hope for her husband to return. As the world around her falls further into senseless chaos, she takes an unlikely action, one that just might signal a new beginning.
History
Through the Yellow Hour premiered at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City on September 13, 2012. The performance was directed by Adam Rapp.
Keywords
ELLEN
MAUDE
HAKIM
MAN/DEAD MAN
DOCTOR
CLAIRE
DARIUS
  • Time Period The Future
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Gun Shots
    • Strong Language
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

Media

“A gripping new drama of a post-apocalyptic America.” - Theatre Is Easy

"Consistently compelling...a nightmarish 'what if' scenario extrapolated from our society's contemporary fears." - TheaterMania

"A jagged survival thriller...a gutsy addition to Rapp’s varied oeuvre, a bona fide genre drama." - TimeOutNY

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Authors

Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp

Adam Rapp is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne (American Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop), Finer Noble Gases (26th Humana Festival), Stone Cold Dead Serious (A.R.T.), Blackbird (The Bush, London), Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights Horizons/Ed ...

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