Between Us
by Joe Hortua

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45 mins Interior Set American

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"'Between Us' by Joe Hortua highlights the intimate conversations and shared moments that define true friendship, offering a poignant reflection on connection."

From: Plays Centered on Friendship

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THE STORY: Carlo and Joel have been close friends since graduate school days.

Now years have passed, and together with their wives, Grace and Sharyl, they're buying homes, having kids and growing up.

But two nights in each other's homes reveal how

Press Reviews

"Highly polished, snappy and consistently entertaining. A poignant reminder that some friendships, no matter how deep, are not made to last.” —Associated Press. ”Married people will appreciate the subtleties that propel Joe Hortua's worthwhile new play…BETWEEN US looks at the little-suspected resentments that unexpectedly explode among friends.“ —The Star-Ledger (NJ). ”…[reckons] with the compromises life demands, and the disap-pointments it brings, as youthful ideals give way to the practical problems of encroaching middle age."

— Variety

Publication

Year 2008
Pages 56
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822222330
ISBN-10 0822222337
LCCN 2010283053
LCC MLCS 2011/40417 (P)
DCC 812.6 22

Between Us is a American play written by Joe Hortua and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2008).

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