In a Dark Dark House
Play Description
Two brothers meet on the grounds of a private psychiatric facility. Drew, has been court-confined for observation and has called his older brother, Terry, to corroborate his claim of childhood sexual abuse by a young man from many summers ago. Drew’s request releases barely-hidden animosities between the two: Is he using these repressed memories to save himself while smearing the name of his brother’s friend? Through pain and acknowledged betrayal, the brothers come to grips with and begin to understand the legacy of abuse, both inside and outside their family home.
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (1 female, 2 male)Full Length Drama (about 118 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“There is no playwright on the planet these days who is writing better than Neil LaBute.” —John Lahr, The New Yorker
“The most legitimately provocative and polarizing playwright at work today.” — David Amsden, New York Magazine
“[LaBute’s] view of modern men and women is unsparing . . . [He] is holding up a pitiless mirror to ourselves. We may not like what we see, but we can’t deny that — if only in some dark corner of our souls — it is there.” —Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News (White Plains, NY)
“Like a chiropractor of the soul, LaBute is looking for realignment, listening for a crack.” —John Istel, Elle
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 7/26/2017 |
Pages | 86 |
ISBN | 9780881456929 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
IN A DARK DARK HOUSE had its world premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theatre
in a production by the Manhattan Class Company (MCC) Theater in May 2007
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com