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Sundown, Yellow Moon

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 4m

Rachel Bonds, The Bengsons

In this critically acclaimed play with music, twin sisters Ray and Joey return to their southern hometown to help their recently divorced father. In facing their personal and familial conflicts, the three family members seek redemption and attempt to move on.

Sundown, Yellow Moon

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    3w, 4m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Ray and Joey, twin sisters, have returned home to their small southern town to help their father in a moment of crisis. He is recently divorced and has just had an altercation with the administration at the school where he teaches. Joey is about to head off to Berlin on a Fulbright scholarship, while Ray has just left her job and a romantic relationship with her boss. The family comes together and sees friends from their pasts, but they can’t get over the ennui that is associated with moving on from where they’ve been to where they will be.
History
Sundown, Yellow Moon premiered in a co-production between WP Theatre and Ars Nova in New York City in March 2017 under the direction of Anne Kauffman.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups
RAY – (Rayleen) Joey’s twin sister, mid 20s 
JOEY – (Josephine) Ray’s twin sister, mid 20s 
TOM – Their dad, mid-late 50s 
CARVER – Tom’s counselor, early/mid 30s 
TED DRISCOLL – A poet, 40s 
JEAN – A family friend, early 50s 
BOBBY – A family friend, mid-late 50s. 
THE COLLEGE RADIO STATION’S LATE-NIGHT DJ – Played by the actor who plays BOBBY
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting A small college town somewhere very green and humid, like Tennessee. Late July.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission, Play with Music
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language

Media

Critic’s Pick! “Ms. Bonds and the Bengsons know the redemptive joy of singing your sorrows and finding the rhymes in a world without reason.” – The New York Times
“Sundown, Yellow Moon is a softly-glowing night-light of a narrative, a beacon of memory illuminating a forgotten childhood hallway.” – Exeunt Magazine, Read More

Critic's Pick! “Ms. Bonds and the Bengsons know the redemptive joy of singing your sorrows and finding the rhymes in a world without reason.” – The New York Times, Read More

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Music

Song Samples

Balloon
It Was Mine
Sea Anemones

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Rachel Bonds

Rachel Bonds

Rachel Bonds is a playwright, screenwriter, essayist and writer for scripted podcasts. Her plays have been developed or produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, Ars Nova, MCC, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, The McCarter, The Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Rep ...

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The Bengsons

The Bengsons

THE BENGSONS, married duo Shaun and Abigail Bengson, are composers and performers who have appeared at such venues as Joe’s Pub (NYC), MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), Freight & Salvage (Berkeley, CA) and the Market Theater (Johannesburg, South Africa). Their music has been featu ...
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