Synopsis
"A born storyteller with perfect pitch."—The New York Times
"Greatly and bilaterally talented... spiky, stinging, caustic without cauterizing.
And funny."—New York
One of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists offers his two newest plays: Skunkweed details the culture clash between a Los Angeles screenwriter and a working-class girl and her rural Florida clan in a hotel room, and 1+1 explores desire, greed, and responsibility to others through the lives of an aspiring actress, assistant restaurant manager, and a photographer.
About the characters in 1+1, Eric Bogosian recently stated, "Bri, Phil, and Carl are based on people I've found intensely interesting my whole life: a good-looking hustler, an ambitious pretty girl, and a 'good guy' who always seems to finish last....
The story is a parable.
All my plays are.
My plays are not expositions of a specific time and place.
Rather, I try to find a way to set them so that the audience can immerse itself in a situation.
I don't have answers.
I have questions."
Eric Bogosian is a writer and actor who has authored five full-length plays and created six full-length solos for himself, including Talk Radio; subUrbia; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll; Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead; and Drinking in America.
He is the recipient of three OBIE Awards and a Drama Desk Award, and has toured throughout the United States and Europe.
Themes
- American drama
- DRA001000 FAM029000
- Families
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance
- Families--Drama
- PS3552.O46 A6 2013
Performance
Cast
A small cast size of 6 total roles, 3 female and 3 male roles.
