California
by Trish Harnetiaux

Off-Broadway
California Book Cover
California Cover

Highlights

75 mins Present Day Ensemble Cast Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

A family road trip takes an unexpected turn when, in the dark of night, on the plains of eastern Oregon, reality splits.

Press Reviews

"Not only does [California] take place entirely in a car, it also ponders the possibility of a multiverse folding into coexisting realities."

— The New York Times

"Trish Harnetiaux’s spooky comedy about fractured time, memory and family blends melancholy with heart… While the play moves through time and space in unusual ways, Harnetiaux’s foundation is emotional honesty. What is real are these characters and their relationships."

— Exeunt NYC

"California is like a maddening Google Map offering confusing routes from starting point A to destination infinity."

— The New York Times

"As with the best of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks, California is just a whisp of a show (only an hour long) but under its light-hearted, mysterious, oddball surface, there are some thoughtful questions and a deeper meaning to mull over after the show ends."

— Exeunt NYC

"A brilliant exploration of deep familial bonds and how the strange and ever-present threat of mortality, once glimpsed, changes…everything. A triumph!"

— Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States

Characters

Character
Dad

40s or 50s or not

Rob

16 or not

Tucker

14 or not

Lizzie

13 or not

Mom

40s or 50s or not

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573711756
ISBN-10 0573711755

California is a comedy play written by Trish Harnetiaux and published by Samuel French .

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