Linda Vista

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Linda Vista

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  4w, 3m

Tracy Letts

Complicated, painful and hilarious, Tracy Letts' new comedy explores sex, love and masculinity as hapless 50-year-old Wheeler reconciles the man he has become with the man he wants to be.

Image: 2019 Second Stage Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

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Linda Vista

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

Details

Summary
Wheeler is 50. His marriage is over, his job is mundane, and the best years of his life appear to be behind him. A move from the cot in his ex-wife’s garage to his own apartment opens up new possibilities for love and sex—complicated, painful and hilarious. Full of opinions, yet short on self-examination, Wheeler must reconcile the man he has become with the man he wants to be.
History
Linda Vista opened on Broadway at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 10, 2019. Directed by Dexter Bullard, the production featured Ian Barford as Wheeler.
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Performing Groups

(4 female; 3 male)

WHEELER, 50
PAUL, 50
MICHAEL, mid-50s
ANITA, mid-30s
MINNIE, 20s
MARGARET, 50
JULES, late 30s

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Various locations in San Diego. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)

Media

“Very funny, equally unsettling… [an] inspired, ruthless take on the classic midlife-crisis comedy.” – The New York Times

“Knowing, prickly, and altogether hilarious… The dialogue is razor sharp and positively laced with laughter… a strong, warmly human and emotionally satisfying comedy of crotchety manners.” – New York Stage Review

“Letts excels at character, dialogue and psychology – the fundamentals of dramatic construction.” – The Los Angeles Times

“Clever and entertaining chronicle of a mid-life trainwreck.” – The Hollywood Reporter

“Reinvents the midlife crisis play with a hilarity that scalds.” – The New York Times

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  • Linda Vista

    Image: 2019 Second Stage Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

  • Linda Vista

    Image: 2019 Second Stage Theater Production (Joan Marcus)

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts has been a Steppenwolf ensemble member since 2002. He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play August: Osage County, which played on Broadway for over a year, following a sold-out run at Steppenwolf in 2007. August also enjoyed a sold-out engagem ...

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