Cardinal
by Greg Pierce
Synopsis
THE STORY: Paint it red.
So begins Lydia’s wild idea to invigorate her Rust Belt town.
But when a whip-smart entrepreneur co-opts her scheme, a precarious rivalry is born.
A battle for the town’s soul ensues, causing its obsessive mayor, its defiant matriarch, and the rest of its residents to question who they are and where they’re headed.
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"…whimsical…[Pierce] is not just satirizing small town America, with its hopeless reinvention schemes and hapless part-time politicians. He’s after something larger about the unintended consequences of capitalism on both individuals and societies: meant to be a cure-all, it is too often a comeuppance."
— The New York Times
Publication
Cardinal is a comedy play written by Greg Pierce and published by Dramatists Play Service (2019).
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Dramatists Play Service · 2019 · 76 pp
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