Side Effects
by Michael Weller


Synopsis
Side Effects; Michael Weller's Fifty Words culminated in one desperate phone call.
Side Effects is the story of what happened on the other end of the line.
Press Reviews
"…five tumultuous scenes during which each spouse struggles to make sense of their lives, and to understand why the other behaves as they do. The script is filled with emotional twists and turns, and Weller's charged dialogue generally sounds like real married people do when they fight, with contradictory feelings erupting, and defensive and angry remarks flying.“ —Associated Press. ”…unsettling and outrageously gratifying…Weller [has an] acute eye for depicting the rapid, oceanic mood changes between couples nursing an equal measure of desire and disgust for each other…Weller's battlefronts take place far from wars on the other side of the globe, but his domestic combat leaves behind plenty of internal injuries.“ —Time Out New York. ”…never underestimate the author's ability to spring a surprise. SIDE EFFECTS…has a malicious vitality that will keep you guessing about the fate of the troubled marriage it depicts…Weller has a way of keeping predictability at bay, especially in his pr"
— Lighting and Sound America
Publication
Side Effects is a play written by Michael Weller and published by Nick Hern Books (2012).
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Dramatists Play Service · 2012 · 48 pp
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