Seminar

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Seminar

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  2w, 3m

Theresa Rebeck

In this biting and provocative Broadway comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, innocence collides with experience as four aspiring young novelists partake in private writing classes with a recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instructor.

Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Suggested Use
    • Monologues
    • Scene Work
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Nominee: 2012 Drama League Award, Distinguished Production of a Play
Seminar

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Summary
In Seminar, a provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon, and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy.
History
Seminar premiered on Broadway at the John Golden Theatre on November 20, 2011. Directed by Sam Gold, the production featured Alan Rickman, Hamish Linklater, Jerry O’Connell, Hettienne Park and Lily Rabe.
Keywords
Performing Groups
IZZY
MARTIN
KATE
DOUGLAS
LEONARD
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting A nice apartment on the Upper West Side of New York City.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Nudity/Partial Nudity

Media

“Big laughs... an authentic rush of pleasure.” – The New York Times

“FIVE STARS! Sexy, savvy and uproarious.” - Time Out New York

“One of Rebeck's best works.” – Associated Press

“Theresa Rebeck hits plenty of bull’s-eyes, so sit back and enjoy the ride.” – New York Post

“The funniest show on Broadway!” – WOR Radio

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    Seminar at Center Theatre Group

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    Scenes from Seminar on Broadway

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    Image: 2011 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)

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Theresa Rebeck

Theresa Rebeck

Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad. New York productions of her work include Dead Accounts at the Music Box Theatre; Seminar at the Golden Theatre; Mauritius at the Biltmore Theatre in a Manhattan Theater Club Production; Th ...

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