Defying Gravity
by Jane Anderson

Defying Gravity

Synopsis

Drama / Characters: 3 male, 4 female Scenery: Exterior with set pieces and projections This free structured look at the 1986 Challenger disaster places the teacher who died with six others as they hurtled into space at the center of an exploration of our need to reach beyond ourselves and dare the universe.

Defying Gravity artfully interweaves the past with the present and the lives of participants and bystanders, drawing parallels among painter Claude Monet's artistic quest, the zest of the teacher selected to the first civilian astronaut, the perspectives of her grieving daughter, the aspirations of elderly tourists who drive their Winnebago to Florida to watch the space shot and dream of hotels in space, the guilt felt by a NASA mechanic and his girl friend's fear of heights.

"Flies high in its attempt to describe man's fascination with space and its conquest....

You will certainly not be bored."

N.Y.

Post.

"[A] clever and uplifting fantasy ... [with] ear catching musings about art, religion and the outer limits of human possibility."

N.Y.

Times.

"A lovely piece....

It floats gracefully in the big blue yonder of the imagination ... letting Anderson's delicate, tender and human attitude toward her characters come through....

One by one they rise out of their earthbound selves ... to look down on the world from a new perspective."

N.Y.

Daily News.

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 7 total roles, 4 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Samuel French
Year Published
1998
ISBN 10
057360133X
ISBN 13
9780573601330
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
66 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCCN
98044498
LCC
PS3551.N3677 D44 1998
Print
Defying Gravity is a American play written by and published by Samuel French in New York, 1998. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780573601330 and an ISBN-10 of 057360133X.
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Rating

3.77 out of 5

from 75 ratings and 9 reviews

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