Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-abaire

Broadway
Rabbit Hole Book Cover
Rabbit Hole Cover

Highlights

120 minsPresent DayStrong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesAmerican

Awards & Recognition

Pulitzer PrizeTony Award

Winner! 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Winner! 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play (Cynthia Nixon) Nominee: Five 2006 Tony Awards, including Best Play

Synopsis

"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that's not just a departure but a revelation--an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty."

-David Rooney, Variety

"A beautifully observed new play blessed with David Lindsay-Abaire's customary grace and wit."

-Ben Brantley, New York Times

"With Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted the most serious, simply told work of his career--a painstakingly beautiful, dramatically resourceful, exquisitely human new play."

-Backstage

A story of loss, heartbreak and forgiveness--told through daily moments and emotional hurdles--as a family moves on after the accidental death of their 4-year-old.

After a critically acclaimed Broadway premier and successful film adaptation (starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Diane West), Rabbit Hole has been hailed as an artistic breakthrough for the highly regarded Lindsay-Abaire.

A drama of what comes after tragedy, it captures "the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation--and eventually, their capacity for survival."

-USA Today

Press Reviews

"David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted a drama that’s not just a departure but a revelation – an intensely emotional examination of grief, laced with wit, insightfulness, compassion and searing honesty."

— Variety

"Rabbit Hole presents a tragedy and its consequences with utter candor, and without sentimentality. The dialogue is most impressive for capturing the awkwardness and pain of thinking people faced with an unthinkable situation – and eventually, their capacity for survival, and even hope."

— USA Today

"With Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire has crafted the most serious, simply told work of his career – a painstakingly beautiful, dramatically resourceful, exquisitely human new play."

— Backstage

"The highest praise to playwright David Lindsay-Abaire! Rabbit Hole is an entertaining and satisfying play – it might just be the year’s best."

— Show Business Weekly

Characters

Character
Izzy

Early thirties, Becca’s sister

Howie

Late thirties/early forties, Becca’s husband

Nat

Mid-sixties, Becca and Izzy’s mother

Jason

A 17-year-old boy

Becca

Late thirties/early forties

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The Dramatic Arc of Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire

Publication

Year2006
BindingPaperback
EditionFirst
Pages72
PlaceNew York
LanguageEnglish
ISBN-139780822221548
ISBN-100822221543
LCCN2007540856
LCCPS3562.I511925 R33 2006b

Rabbit Hole is a American play written by David Lindsay-abaire and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2006).

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