Jumping For Joy
by Jon Marans

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Highlights

120 minsUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmericanComedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the subtlety and humanity of the drama. The play offers interesting character dynamics, though some find the characters irritating at times. Overall, it evokes a sense of intelligence and wit that resonates with the audience.

Subtle and human dramaIntelligent and witty writingCharacters can be irritating at times

Synopsis

THE STORY: In this dark comedy, wily, manipulative Emily Mavin has summoned her uptight Manhattanite brother, Michael, to their family home in Maryland, using the excuse that their father, Samuel, has suffered a mild heart attack.

Emily is a bright

Press Reviews

"Unforgettable…Captivating and beautiful, JUMPING FOR JOY is something wondrous…Marans demonstrates a masterful ability to balance humor and horror on a knife-edge.” —Orange County Register. ”There's good reason for the anticipatory stir greeting Jon Marans' JUMPING FOR JOY…a delicately zany, yet poignant slice of a thoroughly dysfunctional family's life…The writing is excellent…with numerous flashes of brilliance."

— CurtainUp

Publication

Year2006
BindingPaperback
Pages72
PlaceNew York, NY
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822220893
ISBN-10082222089X
LCCN2008540475
LCCPS3563.A624 J86 2006

Jumping For Joy is a American comedy play written by Jon Marans and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, NY (2006).

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Dramatists Play Service · 2006 · 72 pp

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