The Oregon Trail
by Bekah Brunstetter
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Synopsis
Jane’s trapped in her middle school computer lab playing “The Oregon Trail” for what feels like hours.
The game becomes life and rips us back to the trail, 1848, where we travel in a covered wagon with Jane’s great-great-grandmother.
As Game moves us, back, forward, and back again, Now-Jane and Then-Jane’s sadnesses are delicately juxtaposed in this play-meets-video-game about depression, Then and Now.
Press Reviews
"Bekah Brunstetter has established herself as a sympathetic, keen-eyed chronicler of a flailing American middle class."
— The New Yorker
"There is a sincerity and warmth to these young women, who display strength in their survival of the game of life."
— The Village Voice
"A feisty, formally inventive comedy! Wonderfully real and raw, horrible and funny!"
— The New York Times
Publication
The Oregon Trail is a comedy play written by Bekah Brunstetter and published by Samuel French (1971).
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Samuel French · 1971
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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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