The Gorges Motel
by Gretchen Cryer, Arlene Hutton, Craig Pospisil, James Hindman, Lynne Halliday, Isaac Himmelman

Name: The Gorges Motel
Brand: Gretchen Cryer
SKU: 9780822236481
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

One ActUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican Mystery Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the engaging storytelling and character interplay in a modest motel setting. The ensemble cast is highlighted for their versatility and ability to bring the script to life, making for a fun theatrical experience.

Engaging storytellingStrong ensemble castVersatile character rolesSetting may feel underwhelming

Synopsis

Lives intersect in comic and dramatic fashion in a motel that has seen better days in Watkins Glen, New York.

Break-ups and a wedding, a rapping reverend and a drone attack, the ridiculous and the sublime all come together in one unlikely place.

THE GORGES MOTEL is comprised of the short plays MISSING by James Hindman, KISSING COUSINS by Craig Pospisil, WHAT LOLA SAW by Isaac Himmelman, REVEREND and SECOND CHANCE by Lynne Halliday, BRECKENRIDGE by Gretchen Cryer, and HERE COMES THE DRONE by Arlene Hutton.

ThemesClergy Drone Aircraft Motels Weddings

Press Reviews

"THE GORGES MOTEL [is] a tantalizing, comic daisy chain of short plays by six playwrights.” —The New York Times. “[THE GORGES MOTEL] has the feel of somehow being ‘woven together’ without the scenes necessarily depending upon one another. The parts work as well separately as they do in concert…Standing out are Craig Pospisil’s KISSING COUSINS and Gretchen Cryer’s BRECKENRIDGE…Ms. Cryer’s script…is rich in tropes and authentic characterization.” —Off Off Broadway Review. “Arlene Hutton’s HERE COMES THE DRONE ties the anthology’s strands together and tops them with a great sight-gag bow…” —Time Out New York. “MISSING by James Hindman is in three parts…[The first] focuses on Virginia the proprietor of the motel and one of the guests, Robert. Virginia assumes Robert is in town to visit the 400-foot-deep gorge in Watkins Glen State Park. But Robert, a hometown boy, is actually returning to climb out of a deeper, albeit metaphorical hole, one left by his estrangement from his family. Th"
— New York Theater