A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
The Sunken Living Room
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 2m
"A moving period drama about emotional abandonment...a witty and
deep piece on many levels." -
nytheatre.com
November, 1978. Wade Minnick, 16, is a slender, effeminate
bookworm in suburban Miami. With his distracted mother out playing
Bridge, and his pilot father away on a trip, Wade settles down in
the family's showpiece living room to read A Passage To India.
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Cast Size
2w, 2m -
Duration
105 Minutes -
Subgenre
Period -
Target Audience
Adult, Teen (Age 14-18)
Details
Summary
History
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period 1980s
- Setting Miami, 1978. The sunken living room in a suburban home.
- Features Period Costumes
- Additional Features Physical Comedy, Stage Combat
- Duration 105 Minutes
- Cautions
- Drugs
- Intense Adult Themes
- Strong Language
- Nudity/Partial Nudity
- Open Flame
- Smoking
Media
REVIEWS:
"A moving period drama about emotional abandonment...a witty and deep piece on many levels." -nytheatre.com
"...Unsettling, funny, poignant... Caudle's writing is full of humor, compassion, keen observation and period-perfect language..." -The Miami Herald
"...Sharp period piece... blistering family drama... The Sunken Living Room is a drama with much to say about growing up too soon in a world that's moving too fast." -Sun Sentinel
"Sidelined by the hurricanes, The Sunken Living Room is back at home in Miami, all the better for South Florida audiences, who get to be the first of what will surely be many audiences to experience this delicious drama." -Miami ArtZine
"David Caudle's new play... is a rarity: a realistic, linear comedy-drama that holds and entertains its audience with an authentic slice of dysfunctional family life."...funny, touching and disturbing, ...dramatically buoyant theatre." -Times-Picayune
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Music
- Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.