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Summer, 1976
Full-Length Play, Drama / 2w
Image: 2023 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Jeremy Daniel)
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Cast Size
2w -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult
Details
Summary
History
Performing Groups
- Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
- Setting Columbus, Ohio (summer, 1976) and New York City (winter, 2003).
- Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
- Additional Features No Intermission
- Duration 90 minutes
- Cautions
- Strong Language
- Mild Adult Themes
- Smoking
Media
“Sharply observant... a story of profound connection and awakening disquiet.” – The New York Times
Critic's Pick! “[A] bittersweet, comic memory play... a story of profound connection and awakening disquiet... sharply observant, too, and subtly, insistently feminist.” – Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times
“Sensitive... a warm and beguiling memory play... The closer you look, and listen, and the more you reflect upon it, the deeper grow its rewards.” – The Wall Street Journal
“Potently affirming... the story’s modesty allows emotion and meaning to suddenly sneak up on you.” – New York Post
“Quietly poignant... captures an experience that’s as universal as it is inexplicable: a friendship that shouldn’t work but does, and that should endure but doesn’t.” – Deadline
“The story that unspools is refreshingly small and intimate... Summer, 1976 highlights how simpler moments and interactions along one's timeline can still have a profound and long-lasting impact — much like the play itself.” – Entertainment Weekly
“Gently affecting... this play about female friendship has a gently moving power.” – The Daily Beast
“Intimate... its quiet revelations about the mysteries of life are powerful.” – New York Daily News
Videos
Summer, 1976 – Broadway Trailer
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Laura Linney and Jessica Hecht discuss Summer, 1976
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Summer, 1976 – Jessica Hecht
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Summer, 1976 – Broadway TV Ad
Photos
Image: 2023 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Image: 2023 Manhattan Theatre Club Production (Jeremy Daniel)
Licensing & Materials
- Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.
Authors
David Auburn
David Auburn is a playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays include Summer 1976, The Adventures of Augie March, Lost Lake, The Columnist and Proof (2001 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award). Film work includes The Girl in the Park (writer/di ...