play, contemporary
Wow.
I had People, Places & Things on my to-be-read list for a while. Recently, I saw an ad for the play and, in three minutes, I knew I needed to bump this up the queue.
Emma is an actress on the rise but, due to addiction and denial, she sabotages her career and her life. Resistant and uncooperative in rehab, she must completely break before she can begin to put herself back together again.
This is an unflinching, unglamorous look at addiction - reading it was a powerful experience, so I can only imagine how profound it is on the stage. Emma, her family, the staff and fellow patients at rehab are witness to Emma's journey through addiction. I felt a host of emotions as I was reading this - sympathy, empathy, anger, fear, hope... it's an emotional roller coaster for two hours.
Duncan Macmillan's pacing was remarkable and the stage directions fascinated me as I tried to picture it in my mind. I hope I'll have the opportunity to watch a production of this play live, but in the meantime, I am likely going to subscribe to National Theater at Home for a month just to watch these words brought to life.
I had People, Places & Things on my to-be-read list for a while. Recently, I saw an ad for the play and, in three minutes, I knew I needed to bump this up the queue.
Emma is an actress on the rise but, due to addiction and denial, she sabotages her career and her life. Resistant and uncooperative in rehab, she must completely break before she can begin to put herself back together again.
This is an unflinching, unglamorous look at addiction - reading it was a powerful experience, so I can only imagine how profound it is on the stage. Emma, her family, the staff and fellow patients at rehab are witness to Emma's journey through addiction. I felt a host of emotions as I was reading this - sympathy, empathy, anger, fear, hope... it's an emotional roller coaster for two hours.
Duncan Macmillan's pacing was remarkable and the stage directions fascinated me as I tried to picture it in my mind. I hope I'll have the opportunity to watch a production of this play live, but in the meantime, I am likely going to subscribe to National Theater at Home for a month just to watch these words brought to life.
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