A Picasso
by Jeffrey Hatcher

Name: A Picasso
Brand: Jeffrey Hatcher
SKU: 9780822221012
Rating: 4.22 (38 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

75 mins1940s/WWIIInterior SetPeriod CostumesAmerican

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the intricate blend of art history, biography, and world events within the play. Many find the storyline engaging and the exploration of artistic themes thought-provoking, especially in a wartime context. The setting and character dynamics also contribute to the positive reception of the piece.

Intricate blend of art and historyEngaging wartime suspenseThought-provoking themesSome find pacing slow at times

Synopsis

THE STORY: Paris, 1941. Pablo Picasso has been summoned from his favorite café by German occupation forces to a storage vault across the city for an interrogation.

His questioner: Miss Fischer, a beautiful cultural attaché from Berlin.

Her assign

Press Reviews

"An intense confrontational drama."
— Miami Herald

"Sex, art, Nazis, and a classy twentieth-century icon, all wrapped up like a tasty cultural burrito. Expertly done."
— The Star-Ledger (NJ)

"A polished production with carefully sprung surprises."
— The New York Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Miss Fischer In her late thirties, early forties. Attractive. A cool face. We first see her in a trench coat or overcoat and a small hat. Very official looking but without a uniform. Black shoes. She carries a large case, like an artist would.	female	—	In her late thirties, early forties. Attractive. A cool face. We first see her in a trench coat or overcoat and a small hat. Very official looking but without a uniform. Black shoes. She carries a large case, like an artist would.
Pablo Picasso 59 years old. In an outfit one associates with the man, keeping in mind it’s autumn in Paris. He wears a hat.	male	—	59 years old. In an outfit one associates with the man, keeping in mind it’s autumn in Paris. He wears a hat.