Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
by Jen Silverman

Name: Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties
Brand: Jen Silverman
SKU: 9780573705427
Rating: 3.91 (26 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

105 minsPresent DayAll WomenUnit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street ClothesComedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama League Award

Nominee: 2019 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Play

Synopsis

Betty is rich; Betty is lonely; Betty’s busy working on her truck; Betty wants to talk about love, but Betty needs to hit something.

And Betty keeps using a small hand mirror to stare into parts of herself she’s never examined.

Five different women named Betty collide at the intersection of anger, sex, and the “thea-tah.”

Press Reviews

"Critic’s Pick! “A fult-tilt lesbian/bi-curious/genderqueer/Shakespearean comedy for everyone... If you’re wondering whether you’ll enjoy the revolution, Collective Rage makes an excellent (and hilarious) test case."
— The New York Times

"Anger, love and loneliness are comedically but honestly rendered in this occasionally absurd, stylized, queer-centric play... With hilarity and poignancy, Collective Rage offers a broad spectrum of queer voices rarely seen on stage."
— Variety

"Told with a singular, wholly original voice that evokes Albee, Suzan Lori-Parks, and even the poetic lyricism of Ntozake Shange. And it is very, very funny."
— DC Metro Theatre Arts

"★★★★★“This evocative and explosive exploration of women, relationships, love, and above all— p***y— will rock your world from the time the first of the quintet of Betty Boops are introduced through to the sentimental, albeit bizarre, ending."
— Theatre Bloom

"A perfect balance between the really absurd and the absurdly real."
— Broadway World

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Betty 2	—	—	—
Betty 3	—	—	—
Betty 4	—	—	—
Betty 5	—	—	—
Betty 1 Femme, probably (but not necessarily) white. Rich, uptight, fueled by secret rage.	—	—	Femme, probably (but not necessarily) white. Rich, uptight, fueled by secret rage.