Clybourne Park
by Bruce Norris
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Awards & Recognition
Winner! 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 2011 Olivier Award for Best New Play Winner! 2012 Tony Award for Best Play Nominee: Four 2012 Tony Awards
What readers are saying
Readers appreciate the layered storytelling and engaging dialogue in Clybourne Park, highlighting its exploration of race relations across different decades. The play's structure, with its dual time periods, is particularly praised for bringing depth to the themes it addresses. Overall, many find it to be a compelling piece worth reading or performing.
Synopsis
Winner, Best Play, Evening Standard Awards 2010.
An acerbically brilliant satire that explores the fault line between race and property in a Chicago neighborhood first in 1959 and revisited in 2009.
Press Reviews
"A theatrical treasure… Indisputably, uproariously funny."
— Entertainment Weekly
"A savagely funny and insightful time bomb."
— The Hollywood Reporter
"Funny as hell… The theater shakes with gales of laughter."
— New York Post
"It’s the most cheerfully scabrous, savagely intelligent American comedy to come along in some time, which is to say that it’s guaranteed to have you squirming in your seat and loving every minute of it."
— Vogue
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Bev Married to Russ; white, 40s |
Francine Black, 30s |
Jim White, late 20s |
Albert Married to Francine; black, 30s |
Karl White, 30s |
Betsy Married to Karl, late 20s ACT TWO (2009) |
Tom Played by the actor who played Jim |
Lindsey Played by the actor who played Betsy |
Kathy Played by the actor who played Bev |
Steve Married to Lindsey; played by the actor who played Karl |
Lena Played by the actor who played Francine |
Kevin Married to Lena; played by the actor who played Albert |
Dan Played by the actor who played Russ |
Kenneth Played by the actor who played Jim In the original production, the actor playing Jim and Tom also played the role of Kenneth. In some subsequent productions, a separate actor was hired to play the role of Kenneth alone. |
Russ White, late 40s |
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Publication
Clybourne Park is a American black history play written by Bruce Norris and published by Nick Hern Books (2012).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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