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At the Wedding

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  4w, 2m, 1any gender (adult)

Bryna Turner

In this raucous and bittersweet comedy, a woman named Carlo guides the audience through her ex-girlfriend’s wedding, to a man, and talks to several friends and family members about love, life, and how to cope with both.

At the Wedding

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 2m, 1any gender (adult)
  • Duration
    Duration
    75 Minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life… but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Join Carlo as she attempts to make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much, or trying to win back the bride.

Bryna Turner's bittersweet play, a laugh-out-loud comedy that nonetheless addresses some big issues, is for anyone who has ever attended a wedding... or had their heart broken.

History
At the Wedding premiered off-Broadway at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater on March 21, 2022. Directed by Jenna Worsham, the production featured Jorge Donoso, Rebecca S'manga Frank, Karen Lugo, Carolyn McCormick, Will Rogers, Han Van Sciver and Mary Wiseman.
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Performing Groups
CARLO – a wedding guest. she/her
CARLY – a bridesmaid. she/her
ELI – a wedding guest. he/him
MARIA – mother of the bride. she/her
LEIGH – a wedding guest. they/them
EVA – the bride. she/her
VICTOR – the cater-waiter for the evening. he/him
  • Time Period Present Day, New Millennium/21st Century
  • Setting A wedding in Northern California. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration 75 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

Media

Critic's Pick! “Fresh and trenchant... Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party.” – The New York Times

★★★★ “Whimsical... laughter constantly flows, quite often outrageously so, through 70 lively minutes.” – New York Stage Review

“Brutally hilarious!” – TheaterMania

“Bitterly funny... wisecracking and wisdom-sharing about the unbreakable bond between love and pain... there's a fun time to be had at this wedding.” – New York Theatre Guide

"Fresh and trenchant... The lines are funny; Turner has a boxer’s sense of the two-punch rhythm of jokes... Authorial patience is part of what makes At the Wedding so fresh; though there are plenty of one-liners, it is not a yuk-yuk comedy foisting its laughs at you or over-signaling its intentions... Also revivifying is the way Turner reshapes the wedding genre for our time, inviting new characters to the party.” – The New York Times

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    At the Wedding - Lincoln Center Theater Promo

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    At the Wedding - Lincoln Center Theater Trailer

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Authors

Bryna Turner

Bryna Turner

Bryna Turner is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from Northern California.

Their play At the Wedding had its world premiere in 2022 at LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater. It received the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s Theatre Visions Award, was a NY Times Critic’s Pi ...

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