Brooklyn Laundry
by John Patrick Shanley

Off-Broadway
Brooklyn Laundry Book Cover
Brooklyn Laundry Cover

Highlights

75 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Fran is a pessimist who’s terrified of making decisions.

Owen is a guy who sees life for what it is and finds ways to make the best of it.

Both of them are lonely, and find in each other what could be a meaningful connection.

But when Fran’s sisters need her more than ever, she is faced with the most difficult choice she’s ever had to make.

Brooklyn Laundry is about romance, family, joy and responsibility.

Most of all, it’s a play about choosing to love and be loved.

Press Reviews

"A testament to [Shanley’s] ability to create memorably flawed, vulnerable characters and the sort of sharp-edged comic dialogue that perfectly defines them."

— New York Stage Review

"Brooklyn Laundry offers a dizzying study in contrast between life’s relentless, unyielding sorrows and the stubborn, buoyant hope that is a necessity to survive them."

— Chicago Reader

Characters

Character
Fran
Trish
Susie
Owen

Videos

Manhattan Theatre Club Trailer – Brooklyn Laundry

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822244714
ISBN-10 0822244713

Brooklyn Laundry is a comedy play written by John Patrick Shanley and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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