

Daphne's Dive
Quiara Alegría Hudes
THE STORY: An American woman about to turn fifty is standing on a high dive at a pool in a hotel in Greece.
She is on vacation with her husband and eleven-year-old son.
Her son has requested that she jump off the board.
She, being terrified of heig
"The show involves the audience as well. There are thirty-four people involved…and though it's a risky gimmick…it works!“ —The New York Times. ”HIGH DIVE is well worth the plunge. This brief and light-hearted look at Ayvazian's misadventures…is an engaging and often hilarious show from beginning to end.“ —New York Daily News. ”The narrative covers what goes through her head on the high dive board…Will she or won't she jump off? Refracted backward and forward in her routine, this tiny moment reveals her entire life, a chronicle of comic disaster. And the surprise ending gives the laughter an unexpected deep pathos.“ —Village Voice. ”…it's fun…like meeting a flamboyant friend for a cup of coffee."
— Wall Street Journal
High Dive is a comedy play written by Leslie Ayvazian and published by Dramatists Play Service (2002).
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