Recent Tragic Events
by Craig Wright

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90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

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THE STORY: It is September 12th, 2001; the setting is the Minneapolis apartment of Waverly, a young advertising executive.

Soon to venture on a blind date amidst the television news coverage of the September 11th attacks, Waverly becomes preoccupie

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"…a poignant, thought-provoking, and yes, essentially amusing piece on the subject [of 9/11]. Indeed, the play offers a lesson in how the theater can deal with such a momentous event without being trite, maudlin, trivial, or disrespectful.” —Variety. “…dizzying, funny and wrenching…fresh, shocking, and painful as an open wound…gets in your heart and mind like an off-stage sob.” —Georgetowner. “…issues of chance and causality, fate and choice, free will versus predetermination—all unabashedly expressed…[with] unexpected humor and touches of whimsical theatricality…” —Houston Chronicle. “…clever, sharply drawn…very funny…” —Washington Post. “…engaging…funny…profoundly loving…"

— Texas Triangle Magazine

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Publication

Year 2004
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822219897
ISBN-10 0822219891
LCCN 2006491802
LCC MLCS 2006/43204 (P)

Recent Tragic Events is a American comedy play written by Craig Wright and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2004).

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