What Didn't Happen
by Christopher Shinn

Name: What Didn't Happen
Brand: Christopher Shinn
SKU: 9780822219408
Rating: 3.44 (18 reviews)

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120 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes

Synopsis

When his lover, literary adversary and a sympathetic colleague gather at Dave Ardith’s upstate retreat for a midsummer barbecue, the acclaimed author is forced to confront his demons – the novel he is loath to finish and the life he is loath to resume.

Six years later, Dave’s young protégé, Scott – present on that fateful night – returns to the house, soul-searching and plagued by a mysterious regret.

Press Reviews

"Hope-inspiring… Still in his mid-20s, Mr. Shinn is a welcome paradox among up-and-coming American dramatists: creator of carefully constructed, dialogue-heavy works that nonetheless resonate with a sense of the unspoken… What Didn’t Happen is about the distance between people, and the ways in which even friends, spouses and lovers are ultimately unknowable to one another… a playwright to cherish."
— The New York Times

"All [Shinn’s] characters have surprising moments of humanity that break stereotypes. Shinn just cannot write a fake or untelling word… a delightful tale."
— New York Post