A Devil Inside
by David Lindsay-abaire

Name: A Devil Inside
Brand: David Lindsay-abaire
SKU: 9780822217527
Rating: 3.38 (109 reviews)

Off-Broadway

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

120 mins Present Day Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Mystery Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers are divided on A Devil Inside, with many appreciating its absurdist humor and engaging plot twists, while others find it challenging to follow. Some fans of the playwright note that the play features unique elements common to his other works but may not resonate as well if one is unfamiliar with his style.

Engaging plot twists Absurdist humor Complex and zany characters Hard to follow Feels like student work

Synopsis

THE STORY: Mrs. Slater has waited fourteen long years to tell her son, Gene, the truth.

And when he wakes up on his twenty-first birthday, she greets him with the customary banners and good wishes, and then gets to the point.

Your father was murde

Press Reviews

"Murder, gore and psychosis, all purposeful and funny…keep the house laughing for two hours.” – The New York Times”Imagine Jules Feiffer channeling Lewis Carroll and you’ll get some idea of Lindsay-Abaire’s indescribably wacky play, which blends elements of Greek tragedy, Russian literature and millennial angst into one effectively paranoiac pastiche, savagely well realized."
— Los Angeles Times

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Mrs. Slater In her fifties. She’s tough as nails and has experienced loads of tragedy in her life, but still she perseveres. She runs a laundromat.	female	—	In her fifties. She’s tough as nails and has experienced loads of tragedy in her life, but still she perseveres. She runs a laundromat.
Carl A Russian Literature professor in his early fifties, tormented by his relentless thoughts and nightmares.	male	—	A Russian Literature professor in his early fifties, tormented by his relentless thoughts and nightmares.
Caitlin Barely twenty. She’s a wide-eyed romantic, fiery and impetuous. Despite her fits of toughness, she is as young as Gene is boyish.	female	—	Barely twenty. She’s a wide-eyed romantic, fiery and impetuous. Despite her fits of toughness, she is as young as Gene is boyish.
Brad In his mid-thirties, a ridiculously plain man who longs for something more than the appliance repair shop that he runs.	male	—	In his mid-thirties, a ridiculously plain man who longs for something more than the appliance repair shop that he runs.
Lily In her late thirties. She’s a physically fit artist with secrets of her own. She’s intriguing and a bit of a mystery.	female	—	In her late thirties. She’s a physically fit artist with secrets of her own. She’s intriguing and a bit of a mystery.
Gene Twenty-one, boyish and a little naive. Even in his most profound moments of understanding, he’s still in the dark.	male	—	Twenty-one, boyish and a little naive. Even in his most profound moments of understanding, he’s still in the dark.