Go Back To Where You Are
by David Greenspan

Name: Go Back To Where You Are
Brand: David Greenspan
SKU: 9780573700699
Rating: 3.5 (4 reviews)

Go Back To Where You Are Book Cover — Go Back To Where You Are Cover

Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

75 mins Present Day Bare Stage/Simple Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Religious Historical Christmas Comedy

Synopsis

"First produced by Playwrights Horizons at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre in New York, New York on March 24, 2011."

Press Reviews

"A compassionate comedy about an extended family of theater people… marked by such sympathetic insight into the complicated lives of striving artists… Mr. Greenspan is always a delight to watch, with his ability to integrate comic shtick and fanciful histrionics."
— The New York Times

"A slender but thickly layered romantic caprice… Seventy-five dense-packed, poetic minutes"
— The Village Voice

"Both a naturalistic romance and an erudite pastiche. Astute theater buffs will spot traces of classic dramas - Chekhov’s The Seagull, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, and Ben Jonson’s The Devil Is an AssThe Mask of Apollo… but also nods to contemporary gay playwrights (Lanford Wilson, Terrence McNally, Harvey Fierstein)… Fans of Greenspan’s work will enjoy witnessing his ever-evolving metatheatrical mastery"
— Culture Vulture

"For all of its incidental humor, Go Back to Where You Are mainly concerns a soul’s last chance to experience love. In the process, Greenspan’s mercurial play blithely transcends chronology and realism as the characters speak directly to the audience, give voice to their unspoken thoughts"
— New Jersey News Room

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Passalus an actor, demon, assumes the character of Constance Simmons	—	—	an actor, demon, assumes the character of Constance Simmons
God played by the actor playing Malcolm	—	—	played by the actor playing Malcolm
Claire an actress, Bernard’s sister	female	—	an actress, Bernard’s sister
Charlotte an actress, Claire’s friend	female	—	an actress, Claire’s friend
Tom a director, Claire’s friend	—	—	a director, Claire’s friend
Wally a director, Claire’s son	—	—	a director, Claire’s son
Malcolm a set designer, Tom’s partner	—	—	a set designer, Tom’s partner
Bernard a playwright	—	—	a playwright