Corsicana

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Corsicana

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 2m

Will Arbery

In this restless quartet about caretaking and caregiving, in which the very fabric of reality is up for debate, Will Arbery charts the quiet, particular contracts of the heart that forge a new family.

Image: 2022 Playwrights Horizons Production (Julieta Cervantes)

Corsicana

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

In Corsicana, a small city in Texas, a woman with Down syndrome named Ginny and her half-brother Christopher are unmoored in the wake of their mother's death. Their close family friend, Justice, introduces them to a local artist named Lot, a recluse and outsider, hoping that he and Ginny can make a song together. Maybe that'll help somehow.

In this restless quartet about caretaking and caregiving, in which the very fabric of reality is up for debate, Will Arbery charts the quiet, particular contracts of the heart that forge a new family.

History
Corsicana premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on 2 June 2022. Directed by Sam Gold, the production featured Jamie Brewer, Will Dagger, Deirdre O'Connell and Harold Surratt.
Keywords
Performing Groups

LOT – 60s, m, an artist, a musician
GINNY – 34, f, a woman with Down syndrome, a volunteer, a singer
CHRISTOPHER – 33, m, Ginny’s half-brother, a film teacher at the local community college
JUSTICE – Late 60s, f, Lot’s best friend, Ginny & Christopher’s honorary aunt, a writer

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting Lot’s house & Ginny’s house in Corsicana, TX. The present.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“A strange and beautiful new play.” – The New York Times

“Will Arbery is quickly establishing himself as the poet of Texas loneliness. He is one of the most exciting playwrights working in the American theatre, stretching the form to new shapes and expanding his voice with each successive play.” – Exeunt NYC

“Bravely, Corsicana is a play that acknowledges the agency and sexual desires of people that still exist in the popular imagination as helpless and sexless – accessories to one’s altruism rather than complete and dynamic human beings.” – TheaterMania

“A strange and beautiful new play... without ignoring the bone-deep sadness of characters confused and stymied by loss, it lets us watch them climb their way out of it — heading toward joy and sharing some in the process.” – The New York Times

“Heartfelt... a delicate character study of four broken people learning to let others in, despite not being sure if they want to.” – New York Theatre Guide

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    Image: 2022 Playwrights Horizons Production (Julieta Cervantes)

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Will Arbery

Will Arbery
Will Arbery is a playwright and screenwriter. His play Heroes of the Fourth Turning premiered at Playwrights Horizons in 2019 and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, OBIE winner, Lortel winner, New York Drama Critics Circle Award winner and John Gassner Memorial Award winner. It w ...
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