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Admissions
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 2m
A new play from Joshua Harmon (Bad Jews, Significant Other) that explodes the ideals and contradictions of liberal white America.
Image: 2018 Lincoln Center Theater Production (Jeremy Daniel)
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Cast Size
3w, 2m -
Duration
105 Minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
- WINNER of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play!
Details
Summary
Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s Headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results.
Keywords
- Time Period Present Day
- Duration 105 Minutes
Media
"Astonishing and daring. An extraordinarily useful and excruciating satire - of the left, by the left, for the left - for today."— THE NEW YORK TIMES
"The nuanced and competing truths in this 90-minute play are like a first act that dares its spectators to create a second out of post-show conversations."— TIME OUT NEW YORK
"A smart, hilarious and provocative drama."— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"The nuanced and competing truths in this 90-minute play are like a first act that dares its spectators to create a second out of post-show conversations."— TIME OUT NEW YORK
"A smart, hilarious and provocative drama."— THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Photos
Image: 2018 Lincoln Center Theater Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Joshua Harmon
Joshua Harmon's plays include Bad Jews, Significant Other, Admissions, Skintight, and Prayer for the French Republic. He and Sarah Silverman co-wrote the libretto for The Bedwetter based on her memoir. His plays have been produced on Broadway and the West End; off-Broadway at ...