Kimberly Akimbo
by David Lindsay-abaire, Jeanine Tesori

Name: Kimberly Akimbo
Brand: David Lindsay-abaire
SKU: 9780822219668
Rating: 4.02 (31 reviews)

Off-Broadway

Kimberly Akimbo Book Cover — Kimberly Akimbo Cover

Highlights

Female

Male

120 minsPresent DayRole(s) for Teen(s)Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)Role(s) for Senior Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsComedy

Awards & Recognition

Drama Critics Circle

Winner! 2001 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Writing

Synopsis

Kimberly Akimbo; The hearwarming, Tony Award-winning musical about a young girl with a genetic condition that leaves her prematurely aged.

Press Reviews

"A zany, disturbing and strangely affecting comedy. It’s a bit of youthful happiness unlike any other."
— Associated Press

"The comedy of the year… A haunting and hilarious new play. Mr. Lindsay-Abaire is an expert at tweaking, skewing and finally inverting established formulas. His plays tend to slide right out of predetermined pigeonholes. Kimberly Akimbo is at once a shrewd satire, a black comedy and a heartbreaking study of how time wounds everyone."
— Ben Brantley, The New York Times

"A breezy, foulmouthed, fleet-footed, warmhearted comedy. There have been many dark comedies about dysfunctional families, but this is one of the funniest."
— Los Angeles Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Buddy A man in his mid-30s, Kimberly’s dad	male	30s	A man in his mid-30s, Kimberly’s dad
Pattie A very pregnant woman in her mid-30s, Buddy’s wife	female	30s	A very pregnant woman in her mid-30s, Buddy’s wife
Jeff An awkward, unpopular 16-year-old boy	—	—	An awkward, unpopular 16-year-old boy
Debra A woman in her early 30s, an ex-con, Pattie’s sister	female	30s	A woman in her early 30s, an ex-con, Pattie’s sister
Kimberly A 16-year-old girl, played by a woman in her 60s or 70s	female	60s	A 16-year-old girl, played by a woman in her 60s or 70s