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A Question of Mercy
David Rabe
Kindness
by Adam Rapp
Highlights
120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy
Synopsis
An ailing mother and her teenaged son flee Illinois and a crumbling marriage for the relative calm and safety of a midtown Manhattan hotel.
Mom holds tickets to a popular musical about love among bohemians.
Her son isn't interested, so Mom takes the kindly cabdriver instead, while the boy entertains a visitor from down the hall, an enigmatic, potentially dangerous young woman.
Kindness is a play about the possibility of sympathy in a harsh world and the meaning of mercy in the face of devastating circumstances.
Press Reviews
"Rapp has raised some provocative questions about the prickly mother/son relationship he has drawn in such detail."
— Variety
"Adam Rapp can write dense, tense, funny dialogue."
— The New York Times
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Maryanne late forties, Dennis' mother |
| Herman African American, mid fifties |
| Frances a young woman |
| Dennis 17 |
Publication
Kindness is a comedy play written by Adam Rapp and published by Samuel French .
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Fee: Minimum Fee: $120 per performance
Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)
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