

WTC View
Brian Sloan
THE STORY: It is September 12th, 2001; the setting is the Minneapolis apartment of Waverly, a young advertising executive.
Soon to venture on a blind date amidst the television news coverage of the September 11th attacks, Waverly becomes preoccupie
"…a poignant, thought-provoking, and yes, essentially amusing piece on the subject [of 9/11]. Indeed, the play offers a lesson in how the theater can deal with such a momentous event without being trite, maudlin, trivial, or disrespectful.” —Variety. “…dizzying, funny and wrenching…fresh, shocking, and painful as an open wound…gets in your heart and mind like an off-stage sob.” —Georgetowner. “…issues of chance and causality, fate and choice, free will versus predetermination—all unabashedly expressed…[with] unexpected humor and touches of whimsical theatricality…” —Houston Chronicle. “…clever, sharply drawn…very funny…” —Washington Post. “…engaging…funny…profoundly loving…"
— Texas Triangle Magazine
Recent Tragic Events
Recent Tragic Events is a American comedy play written by Craig Wright and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2004).
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