Dusk Rings A Bell
by Stephen Belber

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American

Synopsis

THE STORY: Molly and Ray unexpectedly meet 25 years after a one-afternoon adolescent fling.

She has a successful media career; he owns a small landscaping business.

Both begin to romanticize their chance reunion, but a renewed connection is disrupt

Press Reviews

"Stephen Belber's small, ravishing play unfolds like an eloquent short story. In nimble strokes, Belber…captures the uncanny way a chance encounter can reverberate through time.“ —The New Yorker. ”Bittersweet and quietly wonderful.“ —Time Out New York. ”DUSK RINGS A BELL tolls with genuine emotion.“ —New York Daily News. ”With DUSK RINGS A BELL, playwright Stephen Belber…has crafted a funny, poignant, heartbreaking play about second chances and redemption.“ —New York Press. ”A sublime drama.“ —The New York Times. ”A piercing, compassionate portrait of two damaged people briefly reaching out to each other.“ —Backstage. ”Full of lovely, naturalistic writing and intriguing ideas that ring a bell in our hearts and minds."

— CurtainUp

Publication

Year 2011
Pages 48
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822224921
ISBN-10 0822224925
LCCN 2012374934
LCC MLCS 2012/43232 (P)

Dusk Rings A Bell is a American play written by Stephen Belber and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2011).

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