The Rules of the Game (Rietty and Cregeen, trans.)
Luigi Pirandello
The Rules of Charity
by John Belluso
Synopsis
THE STORY: Loretta thinks she is a machine.
Her father, Monty, seeks independence and a place in history.
Will Loretta learn the secret she needs to hear?
Will Monty forgive her for a slap across the face that broke the rules?
A play about the body, love and contradiction.
Press Reviews
"CHARITY is smart, provocative, subversively funny and genuinely touching…Belluso mixes emotional intensity with sharp satire and more than a little politics…it's astonishingly good.“ —San Francisco Chronicle. ”At one level, Belluso's engrossing play describes what it's like to eke out a living in America on meager disability checks and food stamps…At another level, CHARITY provides a lacerating critique of altruism—that most highly prized of American virtues…THE RULES OF CHARITY is a bold and passionate work.“ —San Francisco Weekly. ”…a risk well worth taking…an experience you're not likely to have encountered before…THE RULES OF CHARITY is a commanding dramatic force."
— Oakland Tribune
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The Rules of Charity is a comedy play written by John Belluso and published by Dramatists Play Service .
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