That Pretty Pretty, Or, The Rape Play
by Sheila Callaghan

Name: That Pretty Pretty, Or, The Rape Play
Brand: Sheila Callaghan
SKU: 9780573696909
Rating: 2.88 (40 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

90 minsPresent DayEnsemble CastUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican Mystery Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers express disappointment with the play's execution. While they acknowledge its structure and occasional insights, many feel it lacks depth and coherence, leading to an overall unsatisfactory experience.

Interesting structureFlashes of insightLacks depthVery scattered and uncomfortable

Synopsis

World premiere on February 10, 2009, at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York City.

Press Reviews

"Mind-blowing images and soul-crushing language flowing wildly."
— Back Stage

"A submersion in the anarchy of ambivalence: variously a rant, a riff, a rumble - about our notions of naturalism, objectification, perversity, and beauty ... There's sass and sarcasm in Callaghan's high-energy punk writing."
— John Lahr, The New Yorker

"Raunchy, savvy... the twisted, caffeinated world of the show imagines the collective subconscious of a culture where girls never stiop going wild... [Callaghan] push(es) her audience's buttons with an aggressive treatment of some of the darker corners of the human psyche."
— The New York Times