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Admissions

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  3w, 2m

Joshua Harmon

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
    Cast Size
    3w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • WINNER of the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play!
Admissions

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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.
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Performing Groups
  • 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

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    Image: 2018 Lincoln Center Theater Production (Jeremy Daniel)

Licensing & Materials

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Authors

Joshua Harmon

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 ...

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