Somebody Foreign
Description
SOMEBODY FOREIGN is a political drama about Liz Fletcher, a human rights activists and professor of Middle Eastern Studies at a private college in a small town outside of Chicago. One Saturday night, Liz's brother and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their newly remodeled home. The killer leaves behind few clues. The community is overcome with fear. And Liz, because of her affiliation with certain groups in the Gaza Strip, becomes the target of an investigation by the FBI, the local police, and the media.
Production Info
Full Length Drama (about 100 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
Press Quotes
“An involving, plot-driven thriller.” —Chicago Tribune
“A cautionary tale about what might happen in a society where the fear of terrorism could lead to an intrusion on individual rights.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“A worthy and timely play … Post has written a powerful piece of resistance to political pressure that gets us debating governmental witch hunts.” —Theater in Chicago
“A scary exercise in prosecutorial abuse … a crisp 100 minute script … Post’s political thriller depicts a government-triggered and media-fueled feeding frenzy.” —Chicago Free Press
“A spellbinding thriller … McCabe takes the challenging work with its multitude of unrelated incidents and spins them into a taut, nerve-shattering web.” —Theatreworld Internet Magazine
Author
Douglas PostDouglas Post's plays, which include BLOODSHOT, CYNICAL WEATHERS, DROWNING SORROWS, EARTH AND SKY and MURDER IN GREEN MEADOWS, and musicals, which include GOD AND COUNTRY, THE REAL LIFE STORY OF JOHNNY DE FACTO and THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS, have been produced in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Canada, England, Wales, Germany, Austria, Russia and China. He has also been commissioned to write screenplays for Warner Bros. and NBC, teleplays for WMAQ-TV, and several radio adaptations of his scripts. On three occasions, he has been selected to develop his work at the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and once at the O'Neill National Music Theater Conference. He has received the L. Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Award, the Midwestern Playwrights Festival Award, the Cunningham Commission Award, the Blue Ink Playwriting Award and three Playwriting Fellowship Awards from the Illinois Arts Council, and has been nominated for three Jeffs Award and an Emmy Award. Mr. Post lives in Chicago where he is a founding member of the Victory Gardens Playwrights Ensemble, teaches playwriting at the University of Chicago Graham School, and has composed songs and incidental music for over 25 productions.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 11/14/2017 |
| Pages | 86 |
| ISBN | 9780881457377 |
Special Notes
SOMEBODY FOREIGN was originally produced by City Lit Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
It was developed in part through the Leap Fest New Work Stage Left Theatre
and the Second Annual Midwest New Plays Festival at Prop Thtr Group, both in Chicago, Illinois.
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com