Between Daylight And Boonville
by Matt Williams
Why we like it
"A touching narrative that balances emotion and simplicity, perfect for intimate performances."
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Readers appreciate the play for its relevance and suitability for acting classes. The overall feedback is positive, highlighting the quality of the scenes presented.
Synopsis
Comic Drama
Characters:1 male 4 female 3 children (2 male 1 female) Exterior Set The play is set in the coal mining country of southern Indiana.
Carla a twenty six year old high school dropout wife and mother dreams of packing up and moving to escape her dreary existence.
She is teased threatened and cajoled by her friends as they settle into an ordinary day of trading gossip reading magazines and prattling about sex while the children dart in and out.
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Press Reviews
"As beguiling as it is original."
— The Baltimore Sun
"The characters emerge slowly and thrillingly,like a rubbing under a charcoal pencil."
— New York Magazine
"Williams...draws a remarkably accurate canvas...The colloquial dialogue is pungent and often funny."
— The Washington Post
Publication
Between Daylight And Boonville is a American comedy play written by Matt Williams and published by Samuel French in New York (2011).
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Samuel French · 2011 · 102 pp
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