Two Thirds Home
by Padraic Lillis

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Synopsis

THE STORY: Two brothers, Michael and Paul, return to their childhood home after their mother's funeral.

There, they confront deep-seated issues and Sue, their mother's surviving lover.

Anne, the boys' mother, had kept her two lives as separate as p

Press Reviews

"This consistently challenging play speaks not just to the issue at hand but as well to the human need to look at drama as a means of understanding and contextualizing experiences…Lillis' ear for dialogue and understanding of the myriad ways sibling rivalry plays out in adults is consistently engaging.“ —Gay City News. ”TWO THIRDS HOME is riveting and emotionally engaging throughout.“ —NYTheatre. ”Lillis has a gift for dialogue and an ability to put interesting characters in fresh situations, and his examination of personal privacy versus one's willingness to be open about sexual orientation touches on an issue that resonates deeply among gays and their straight relatives. He's a writer to follow.“ —Off-Off Online. ”Surprising laughs emerge often, even on the tail ends of the play's harshest moments.“ —Theater News Online. ”It's a brave and powerful piece.“ —Broadway World. ”For the boys of TWO THIRDS HOME, the trip back forces them to take stock in their mother as a person, n"

— EdgeNYC

Publication

Year 2008
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822222729
ISBN-10 0822222728
LCCN 2010526067
LCC PS3612.I43 T96 2008

Two Thirds Home is a American lgbtq play written by Padraic Lillis and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2008).

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