Bloomsday
by Steven Dietz

Name: Bloomsday
Brand: Steven Dietz
SKU: 9780822235804
Rating: 3.84 (19 reviews)

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

Synopsis

Robert returns to Dublin to reunite with Cait, the woman who captured his heart during a James Joyce literary tour thirty-five years ago.

Dancing backwards through time, the older couple retrace their steps to discover their younger selves.

Through young Robbie and Caithleen, they relive the unlikely, inevitable events that brought them – only briefly – together.

This Irish time-travel love story blends wit, humor, and heartache into a buoyant, moving appeal for making the most of the present before it is past.

Press Reviews

"Bloomsday is filled with sweet charm… Dietz’s convention of mixing the past with the present… works beautifully and when mixed with his signature rich characters makes for a wonderfully engaging time."
— BroadwayWorld

"An ode to the ache of regret… [Dietz] lure[s] us into thinking we’re getting something familiar in the first act, only to push us out of that comfort zone into a deeply moving meditation on lost time, on the painful dissonance that comes with memory."
— Memeteria

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
CAITHLEEN A young Irish woman, 20	female	20	A young Irish woman, 20
ROBBIE A young American man, 20	male	20	A young American man, 20
CAIT Caithleen at age 55	—	—	Caithleen at age 55
ROBERT Robbie at age 55	—	—	Robbie at age 55