Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-abaire
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Awards & Recognition
Winner! 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Cynthia Nixon) Nominee: Five 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Play
Synopsis
"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation--an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty."
-David Rooney, Variety
"A beautifully observed new play blessed with David Lindsay-Abaire's customary grace and wit."
-Ben Brantley, New York Times
"With Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted the most serious, simply told work of his career--a painstakingly beautiful, dramatically resourceful, exquisitely human new play."
-Backstage
A story of loss, heartbreak and forgiveness--told through daily moments and emotional hurdles--as a family moves on after the accidental death of their 4-year-old.
After a critically acclaimed Broadway premier and successful film adaptation (starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Diane West), Rabbit Hole has been hailed as an artistic breakthrough for the highly regarded Lindsay-Abaire.
A drama of what comes after tragedy, it captures "the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation--and eventually, their capacity for survival."
-USA Today
Press Reviews
"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation – an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty."
— Variety
"Rabbit Hole presents a tragedy and its consequences with utter candor, and without sentimentality. The dialogue is most impressive for capturing the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation – and eventually, their capacity for survival, and even hope."
— USA Today
"With Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted the most serious, simply told work of his career – a painstakingly beautiful, dramatically resourceful, exquisitely human new play."
— Backstage
"The highest praise to playwright David Lindsay-Abaire! Rabbit Hole is an entertaining and satisfying play – it might just be the year’s best."
— Show Business Weekly
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Izzy Early thirties, Becca’s sister |
Howie Late thirties/early forties, Becca’s husband |
Nat Mid-sixties, Becca and Izzy’s mother |
Jason A 17-year-old boy |
Becca Late thirties/early forties |
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The Dramatic Arc of Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
Publication
Rabbit Hole is a American play written by David Lindsay-abaire and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2006).
Digital editions available on Amazon Kindle.
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