Lisa damour is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist. What comments have people made to you about having a teenage daughter. They generate hospitality, these two, creating patrons as guests in their homewhich, in a sense, they are. The street names in lisa damours play detroit sound sunny and full of promise, but the reality is dark and scary for the inhabitants of this firstring motor city suburb. Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york. Lisa damour on detroit my brother chris, the quintessential charming new orleans host, has a game he often starts at parties after downing an oldfashioned or two.
Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. A sharp xray of the embattled american psyche as well as a smart, tart critique of the countrys fraying social fabric, ms. Therefore detroit is a definitely stageable play, fun to act, entertaining and, as any good play should be, not easily adapted to film or television. In a suburb of a midsized american city, ben and mary welcome to the neighbourhood sharon and kenny who have moved in to the longempty house next door.
Lisa damour in a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors whove moved into the longempty house next door. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Lisa damour is a playwright and interdisciplinary artist and one half of the obieaward winning performance duo pearldamour. Lisa krons in the wake, seen on the west coast and at the public theater, was also named. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. One part raymond chandler, one part kafka, and one part kurt vonnegut, red death is a 21stcentury riff on edgar allan poes masque of the red death a dark, often hilarious rollercoaster ride through the fears and anxieties that simmer beneath the surface of everyday lives. Lisa damours detroit, currently playing in a riveting production at woolly mammoth theatre company, has everything and nothing to do with the decimated city of the title. The world premiere of detroit was produced and presented. Detroit, with amy ryan and david schwimmer the new. Reviews a friendly suburban barbecue spirals into a delirious, dangerous bacchanal in the superb play detroit by lisa damour. Detroit by lisa damour, 9780571290161, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Dps offers an extensive list of titles that includes many of the most significant plays of the past century. Damour can write excellent and funny dialogue as well as craft interesting, realistic characters.
Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Lisa damours detroit lacks horsepower the village voice. Her book is grounded in the most uptodate research yet reads as a practical and heartfelt guide. He especially loves to play it when his guests include people from different facets of his liferelative strangers to each other who might need an icebreaker in order to really. Lisa damour directs the center for research on girls at laurel school, maintains a private psychotherapy practice, consults to schools nationally, is a clinical instructor at case western reserve university, and serves on the board of the eating disorders network. Pearldamour the collaborative performance works of lisa. I would put on this play, but it would have to be free for the public. Mary proves to be the most emotionally brittle, unleashing a torrent of. Fuelled by alcohol and backyard barbecues, their new friendship veers rapidly out of control. She is one half of the obieaward winning performance duo pearldamour, whose work has been presented by here arts center, ps122, the whitney museum of art, the walker arts center and the fusebox festival. Originally produced by chicagos steppenwolf theatre, lisa damours detroit made its uk premiere at the national theatre, london, in may 2012. In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see.
Lisa damours detroit made its uk premiere at the national theatre, london, in may 2012. While the playwright lisa damour prepares her airline highway for new york, shes developing milton, a show based on interviews with residents of american towns. While we remain open online, you may experience shipping delays. In a firstring suburb just outside a city that might be detroit, ben and mary see sudden signs of life at the deserted house next door and invite their new neighbors sharon and kenny over for a barbecue. Shop amongst our popular books, including 10, untangled, under pressure and more from lisa damour.
I felt some compassion for the characters of lisa damours detroit playwrights horizons, but while i was watching them make their lives worse, i felt more compassion for the little play. With katie pearl, she is coartistic director of pearldamour, a company that makes collaborative, often sitespecific performances. Were all living the family dynamic, as parents, as children, as siblings, uncles and aunts. Friedman theater on broadway, playwrights horizons, theatre of a twoheaded calf, clubbed thumb, all in nyc, childrens theater company minneapolis, the. Damours dark comedy is as rich and addictively satisfying as a fivelayer dip served up with a brimming bowl of tortilla chips. With detroit, playwright lisa damour wins acclaim by. The broadwaybound play, detroit, by lisa damour, is on the list of finalists for the 33rd annual awards.
Excited to be working with stacey robinson on this epic solo performance where the ocean finally gets to stand up for themselves. Damour draws on decades of experience and the latest research to reveal the seven developmental stages that turn adolescents into. Fuelled by alcohol and backyard barbecues, their new friendship veers rapidly out of control as inhibitions are obliterated, laying bare the fragility of ben and marys offtheshelf lifestyle. Detroit by lisa damour overdrive rakuten overdrive. In lisa damour s play detroit, a pulitzer prize finalist at playwrights horizons, a couple who fear they are sliding out of their economic class meet a couple who have other problems. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary. The two married couples in damours play live in a rundown suburb near an unnamed urban center. Dramatists play service, one of the premier playlicensing and theatrical publishing agencies in the world, was formed in 1936 to foster national opportunities for playwrights by publishing affordable editions of their plays and handling the performance rights to these works. Guiding teenage girls through the seven transitions into adulthood in hand, raising teens is just a bit less frightening. Playwrights horizons produced the new york premiere of detroit offbroadway in 2012. Lisa damour is a playwright, performer, and former carnival queen from new orleans.
Her play detroit was a finalist for the pulitzer prize for drama. The acting is very good, and annie kauffmans direction is sharp and gritty, but this script sometimes appears almost like a tv melodrama. The once houseproud and active burb is divided between the haves, the have nots and the never hadseveryone clinging to their houses as if to a life raft. It was a finalist for the pulitzer and susan smith blackburn.
In lisa damours play detroit, a pulitzer prize finalist at playwrights horizons, a couple who fear they are sliding out of their economic class meet a couple who have other problems. Lisa damour is a psychologist, new york times bestselling author, monthly new york times columnist, and regular contributor to cbs news. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who ve moved into the long empty house next door the fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold that newly unemployed ben and burgeoning alcoholic mary have on their way of life with unexpected comic consequences detroit iin a first ring suburb. Martha lavey, artistic director and david hawkanson, executive director. Her plays have produced by theaters across the country, including manhattan theater clubs samuel j. Detroit isbn 9780865478657 pdf epub lisa damour ebook. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Lisa damours obie award winning play is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. Lisa damour guides parents through teen turbulence in. Ruminations and reminiscences of an authornow in his 70sabout fatherhood, writing, and death. Detroit is melodrama about couples near the edge, and. Lisa damours play detroit is a dark metaphor for the disintegration of american society. Pearldamours work has been presented at ps122, here arts center and the. I will be workshopping the new pearldamour piece, ocean filibuster, at a.
Detroit by lisa damour directed by anne marie cummings assistant director chris dell corporate sponsor the fraternal order of eagles the fraternal order of eagles, an international nonprofit organization, unites fraternal ly in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to. She shares a little about its origin, how its changed, and what it is like having her next play produced on broadway. In a first ring suburb outside a midsize american city, ben and mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors whove moved into the longempty house. New york times best selling author damour pulls back the curtain on the teenage years and shows why your teens erratic and confusing behavior is actually healthy, necessary, and natural. As the action unfolds we learn that sharon and kenny. Detroit was a finalist along with the play a free man of color, with the winner being. Therefore detroit is a definitely stageable play, fun to act, entertaining and. Cap t artistic director mark pickell was lucky enough to speak with pulitzer prize nominated playwright lisa damour about her play detroit. Detroit runs through oct 28, 2012 only at playwrights horizons, new york city.
Steppenwolfs detroit casts eye over americas backyard fence. Join us to talk about education, child care, mealtime, sports, technology, the workfamily balance and much. The world premiere of detroit was produced and presented by steppenwolf theatre company, chicago, il. At motherlode, lead writer and editor kj dellantonia invites contributors and commenters to explore how our families affect our lives, and how the news affects our familiesand all families. Scenes feature darren pettie, amy ryan, and sarah sokolovic. Its as if a big idea was slapped on top of a roiling personal and social drama. News about detroit, as well as headlines and stories from around michigan. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading detroit. Detroit free press breaking news, sports, business. Join facebook to connect with lisa damour and others you may know. Detroit is a fresh, offbeat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new. Detroit received its world premiere at steppenwolf theatre. Scenes from detroit at playwrights horizons youtube.
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