Corsicana
by Will Arbery

Name: Corsicana
Brand: Will Arbery
SKU: 9780573710650
Rating: 3.57 (28 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Highlights

Female

Male

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

Synopsis

In Corsicana, a small city in Texas, a woman with Down syndrome named Ginny and her half-brother Christopher are unmoored in the wake of their mother's death.

Their close family friend, Justice, introduces them to a local artist named Lot, a recluse and outsider, hoping that he and Ginny can make a song together.

Maybe that’ll help somehow.

In this restless quartet about caretaking and caregiving, in which the very fabric of reality is up for debate, Will Arbery charts the quiet, particular contracts of the heart that forge a new family.

Press Reviews

"Will Arbery is quickly establishing himself as the poet of Texas loneliness. He is one of the most exciting playwrights working in the American theatre, stretching the form to new shapes and expanding his voice with each successive play."
— Exeunt NYC

"Bravely, Corsicana is a play that acknowledges the agency and sexual desires of people that still exist in the popular imagination as helpless and sexless – accessories to one’s altruism rather than complete and dynamic human beings."
— TheaterMania

"A strange and beautiful new play... without ignoring the bone-deep sadness of characters confused and stymied by loss, it lets us watch them climb their way out of it — heading toward joy and sharing some in the process."
— The New York Times

"Heartfelt... a delicate character study of four broken people learning to let others in, despite not being sure if they want to."
— New York Theatre Guide

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Ginny 34, f, a woman with Down syndrome, a volunteer, a singer	female	—	34, f, a woman with Down syndrome, a volunteer, a singer
Christopher 33, m, Ginny’s half-brother, a film teacher at the local community college	male	—	33, m, Ginny’s half-brother, a film teacher at the local community college
Justice Late 60s, f, Lot’s best friend, Ginny & Christopher’s honorary aunt, a writer	—	60s	Late 60s, f, Lot’s best friend, Ginny & Christopher’s honorary aunt, a writer
Lot 60s, m, an artist, a musician	—	60s	60s, m, an artist, a musician