This critically acclaimed, searing play cycle about loss, memory and remembrance follows the Apple family of Rhinebeck, NY as they grapple with events both personal and current in the immediate present: the 2010 election (That Hopey Changey Thing), the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (Sweet and Sad), Obama’s re-election (Sorry) and the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination, which premieres in November.
It is 1958, and New York City is in the midst of a major building boom; a four-lane highway is planned for the heart of Washington Square; Carnegie Hall is designated for demolition; entire neighborhoods on the West Side are leveled to make room for a new «palace of art.» Meanwhile, a young Joe Papp and his colleagues face betrayals, self-inflicted wounds, and anger from the city’s powerful elite as they continue their free Shakespeare productions in Central Park.<p><p> From the...
• All three parts of this play cycle premiered in 2016 at The Public Theatre, Off-Broadway, in New York City: Hungry in March, What Did You Expect in September, and Women of a Certain Age on November 8 – the night of the 2016 presidential election, which is the topic of the plays.• Selected as a New York Times Critics’ Pick• A play cycle that hinges on the national election, this would do well with political and history-centric audiences, as well as the academic arena.• Nelson is also known for...
"A thoroughly invigorating, tightly focused piece of Chekhovian drama, wherein chatter about work and art . . . fail to mask deep vulnerability."—Chicago TribuneA play about Frank Lloyd Wright set in the summer of 1923, when the great architect has recently left Chicago for California, hoping to mend his relationship with his adult children. Richard Nelson brings to life two great architectural demigods, Wright and Louis Sullivan, only to show their all-too-human frailties.Richard...
