Privilege
by Paul Weitz

Name: Privilege
Brand: Paul Weitz
SKU: 9780822220923
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsComedy

What readers are saying

Readers find the play engaging as it explores the dramatic shift in a wealthy family's life due to legal trouble. The storyline about a Wall Street financier facing insider trading charges resonates with audiences, highlighting themes of privilege and downfall.

Engaging storylineStrong character developmentLimited reviews available

Synopsis

Both resonant and evocative of the fissions of our age.

--Variety.

A cleverly woven one-act meditation on human powerlessness...timeless and universal.

--Talkin' Broadway.

A mesmerizing 100-minute theater piece...filled with plenty of humor and whimsy.

--C

ThemesPerforming Arts Theater

Press Reviews

"…delicately funny…[a] clear-eyed comedy about the collateral damage sustained by the family of a disgraced businessman…humanizes a world normally glimpsed only in tabloid flashes…[Weitz's] bottomless knowledge of this territory emerges in small details that illuminate both the surface absurdity and the underlying poignancy…Weitz understands how the culture of wealth can weaken the bonds between parents and children.“ —The New York Times. ”…the play succeeds wonderfully…a beautiful portrait of brothers helping each other cope with the adult world.“ —New York Post. ”Weitz has a gift for capturing the parlance of youth…"
— Variety