Jumping For Joy
by Jon Marans

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120 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

Synopsis

THE STORY: In this dark comedy, wily, manipulative Emily Mavin has summoned her uptight Manhattanite brother, Michael, to their family home in Maryland, using the excuse that their father, Samuel, has suffered a mild heart attack.

Emily is a bright

Press Reviews

"Unforgettable…Captivating and beautiful, JUMPING FOR JOY is something wondrous…Marans demonstrates a masterful ability to balance humor and horror on a knife-edge.” —Orange County Register. ”There's good reason for the anticipatory stir greeting Jon Marans' JUMPING FOR JOY…a delicately zany, yet poignant slice of a thoroughly dysfunctional family's life…The writing is excellent…with numerous flashes of brilliance."

— CurtainUp

Publication

Year 2006
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York, NY
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822220893
ISBN-10 082222089X
LCCN 2008540475
LCC PS3563.A624 J86 2006

Jumping For Joy is a American comedy play written by Jon Marans and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, NY (2006).

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