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DETROIT by Lisa D'Amour at The Wilbury Theatre Group

Dates: (9/19/2013 - 10/5/2013 )

Theatre:

The Wilbury Theatre Group


393 Broad Street
Providence,RI 02907

Phone: (401) 400-7100

Tickets: $15-$20

Running Time: 90 minutes

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By way of Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf theatre comes a new x-ray of the embattled American psyche. In a “first ring” suburb outside a mid-sized American city, Ben and Mary fire up the grill to welcome the new neighbors who’ve moved into the long-empty house next door. The fledgling friendship soon veers out of control, shattering the fragile hold Ben and Mary have on their way of life.

Winner of the 2013 Obie Award for Best New American Play and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, DETROIT is a fresh, off-beat look at what happens when we dare to open ourselves up to something new.

“Disturbing and bracingly funny…
a smart, tart critique of the country’s fraying social fabric...This scary-funny comedy speaks to the fractious, frightened American moment more perceptively than any play I've ever seen on a New York stage.”
— The New York Times

“A brilliantly observed piece of art about a particular time and place. That time is now—and by now I mean the current post-recessionary America. That place is a pair of backyards in the suburb of a great American city that
has been rocked on its heels.”
-The Chicago Tribune

One of The New York Times' Top Ten Best Plays of 2012
Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama
Winner of the 2013 OBIE Award for Best New American Play

Cast and Creative team for DETROIT by Lisa D'Amour at The Wilbury Theatre Group

About this production of DETROIT
Written by Lisa D'Amour
Directed by Josh Short

Mary, Melissa Penick
Ben, David Rabinow
Sharon, Alexandra Lawrence*
Kenny, Michael Locicero
Frank, Richard Noble

Costume Design by Sylvi Re
Sound Design by Cyrus Leddy
Lighting Design by Steve McClellan
Scenic Design by Eugene McKeown
SFX by Michael Commendatore
Technical Direction by Justin Carroll
Stage Management by Seth Finkle*

*Member of Actor's Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors
and Stage Managers in the United States

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