The Gulf (Full-Length)
by Audrey Cefaly
Synopsis
Winner of the 2018 Lammy for LGBTQ Drama.
The divide between Kendra and Betty mimics the very world that devours them: a vast and polarizing abyss.
On a quiet summer evening, somewhere down in the Alabama Delta, Kendra and Betty troll the flats looking for redfish.
After Betty begins diagnosing Kendra’s dead-end life with career picks from What Color is Your Parachute , their routine fishing excursion takes a violent turn.
This is the full-length version of the 40th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival winner, The Gulf .
Press Reviews
"Cefaly, who has an ear for the cadence of the region... is invested with an assured, soulful intimacy... How refreshing to encounter a play that does not feel it has to document its sexual politics or suggest that the family’s or community’s reaction, in a part of the country not renowned for tolerance, is what drives a decisive wedge between the characters."
— The Washington Post
"A scorching two-hander character study... The Gulf richly traffics in both silence and the abundant pent-up forces of two people past the first passions of love."
— DC Metro Theater Arts
"As funny as it is powerful, as tender as it is passionate, The Gulf reveals a pair of volatile lovers whose relationship is as sharp as a fishing knife - pointed and dangerous."
— BroadwayWorld
Characters
| Character |
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Kendra 20s-40s. Any race. Any ethnicity. A woman of few words. A loner. Scrappy, dark, brutish and volatile. |
Betty 20s-40s. Any race. Any ethnicity. An optimist. A thinker. Restless and tender-hearted. |
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Audience reactions to the London premiere of THE GULF
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The Gulf (Full-Length) is a comedy play written by Audrey Cefaly and published by Samuel French (2016).
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