Another Fine Mess
Steven Drukman
Inspired by True Events
by Ryan Spahn
Off-Broadway
Synopsis
Backstage in their community theatre’s green room in Rochester, New York, the Uptown Theatre Performers are getting ready to play to a full house after opening to rave reviews the night before.
When their star actor arrives in a dangerously unhinged state, they must improvise on and off stage in ways they could not have imagined.
Hilarious, harrowing and horrifying, Inspired by True Events follows a tenacious group of show people who must determine at what cost the show must go on.
Press Reviews
"What kind of person would gamely act between gruesome acts? That’s the question Ryan Spahn set out to explore in his darkly comic new play."
— The New York Times
"The play is not so much a roller coaster ride as it is a drop tower: a quick ascent and terrifying plunge."
— TheaterMania
"An intimate, hilarious, original play… deserves a lot of praise for its organic realism, flowing dialogue, and unconventional twists."
— Stage and Cinema
"Begins as an observant backstage comedy and morphs into an exercise in claustrophobic suspense."
— Lighting and Sound
"Ryan Spahn’s new play… dives right into the paralyzing heart of suspense for 95 minutes. It took over a dozen blocks, long after exiting those cramped quarters, to begin to untangle the knot in my stomach."
— Juan A. Ramirez, Theatre.ly
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Colin 20s. Actor. |
| Eileen 30s. Actor. |
| Robert 50s. Actor. |
| Mary 40s. Stage Manager. |
Publication
Inspired by True Events is a play written by Ryan Spahn and published by Samuel French .
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