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Hillary and Soon-Yi Shop for Ties
Author(s):
Michelle Carter
"Remember the satire? Well it's back, and incredibly potent in 'Hillary and Soon-Yi Shop for Ties'." (Contra Costa Times) This Garland Award and PEN USA West Award-winning play throws 19 scenes and six songs at two women about whom we've so often wondered, "What was she thinking?" In a kaleidoscopic vaudeville, Hillary Clinton and Soon-Yi Previn Allen shop for ties, take batting practive, play bingo and strut a catwalk, among other unlikely collisions. In Act Two, the play veers into an underworld of female icons—Demeter and Persephone, Marilyn Monroe and the Virgin Mary among them—finally catapulting our heroines back into their own histories to moments of unjaundiced possibility. "It's a last wave at the train wreck of politics and squalor, public image and the smashed art of leading private lives… Sharp, funny satire filled with choice, chewy bits." (San Francisco Chrinicle) "A dizzyingly satisfying entertainment." (Citysearch) "The show moved like a raging river… Delightfully sharp, sophisticated, and unrelentingly funny." (Contra Costa Times)
Bare stage w/ props
Approximate running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes.
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A Note on Music and Slides (as stated in play script)
In the Magic Theatre production, two onstage musicians provided live music, voice-overs, and sound effects. While the needs of that production were well served by that approach, subsequent productions are free to make their own musical choices, including the use of recorded music and new original scores. In the absence of live musicians, voice-overs may be used for the musicians' few lines.
An existing score can be obtained from the playwrights' agent: Ron Gwiazda, Rosenston/Wender, 3 E. 48th St., New York NY 10017.
For the slides in Act II, Scene I, neither the publisher nor the playwright have particular slides available for use. Designers are free to render these images in any manner that serve the tone and style of their productions.
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| Genre(s): | Not Available | | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | 71 minutes | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 2 | | Male Characters: | 0 | | Female Characters: | 2 | | Androgynous Characters: | 0 | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: |
On application
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatic Publishing
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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