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The Sound Inside
Full-Length Play, Drama / 1w, 1m
Image: 2019 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)
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Cast Size
1w, 1m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Accolades
Nominated for six 2020 Tony Awards, including Best Play
2019 New York Times Critic’s Pick
Listed among “Best of the Year” in Time, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Daily News and The Hollywood Reporter
Details
Summary
Revised 2024 Edition
When Bella Baird, an isolated creative writing professor at Yale, begins to mentor a brilliant but enigmatic student named Christopher, the two form an unexpectedly intense bond. As their lives and the stories they tell about themselves become intertwined in unpredictable ways, Bella makes a surprising request of Christopher that neither knows if he can fulfill. Brimming with suspense, Rapp’s riveting play explores the limits of what one person can ask of another.
History
The Sound Inside premiered at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2018, and opened on Broadway at Studio 54 on 17 October 2019, directed by David Cromer and starring Mary-Louise Parker and Will Hochman. The Broadway production ran for 100 performances, closing on 12 January 2020.
Cast Attributes
Keywords
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting
New Haven. Recently.
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Media
“A gripping mystery. An astonishing new play.” – The New York Times
“Beautifully and enthrallingly written.” – The Scotsman
“Rapp’s text is impeccably measured.” – The Stage
“Engrossing” – TimeOut
“A tight, coiling text.” – WhatsOnStage
“Adam Rapp's new play is a stunning character study of someone you’d like to know.” – Variety
“A gorgeous piece of theatre.” – New York Daily News
“Accessible and entertaining... On the surface, Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside seems like a straightforward two-character play that tells an ensnaring story. But the drama itself is a series of puzzle boxes. Open one and you’ll find another — each leading deeper into the mystery of art’s relationship to reality.” – Los Angeles Times
“90 uninterrupted minutes of tension... it’s about writers: the kind of people who in weaving stories are often in danger of unraveling themselves.” – The New York Times
“An intensely quiet play of two lonely people circling one another, each as wary of the other and both seeming to reach out more as instinct than plan.” – Deadline
“A gripping stunner!” – Chicago Tribune
Videos
The Sound Inside Trailer
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Theatremania Feature on The Sound Inside
Photos
Image: 2019 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Image: 2019 Broadway Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
Adam Rapp
Adam Rapp is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne (American Repertory Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop), Finer Noble Gases (26th Humana Festival), Stone Cold Dead Serious (A.R.T.), Blackbird (The Bush, London), Essential Self-Defense (Playwrights Horizons/Ed ...