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Eastern Standard
Author(s):
Richard Greenberg
The play begins in a trendy Manhattan restaurant, where Stephen, a young architect, and his best friend, Drew, a Soho artist, are lunching. At an adjacent table are Phoebe, a Wall Street investment banker, and her brother, Peter, a discouraged television producer who, as he confides to his sister, has AIDS. Stephen is attracted to Phoebe, and Drew (who is gay) is intrigued by Peter and, after several raucous (and very funny) episodes involving a bottle-throwing bag lady at still another table, and a long-suffering waitress, the two couples strike up an acquaintance, which quickly ripens into friendship. In Act Two, a month later, they, along with Ellen, the waitress from the restaurant and a would-be actress, and May, the bag lady, assemble at Stephen's beach house, determined to make some sense out of their lives and to overcome the alienation and sense of purposelessness which they all share. Inevitably, this leads to a series of very funny yet affecting incidents in which various relationships, non-relationships, mistaken motives, and often shaky alliances are cleverly set forth and examined. In the end, sobered but still game, the two couples, one heterosexual, one homosexual, who formed as they play began, have managed to remain together, well aware that their best hopes may never be realized, but bravely raising a toast to the "accidental happiness" which, with luck, may yet come their way.
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| Genre(s): | Comedy
| | Time Period(s): | Not Available | | Play Type: | Play | | Runtime: | Not Available | | Acts: | Not Available | | Set Complexity: | Not Available | | Set Information: | Not Available | | Year First Published: | Not Available | | Total Characters: | 6 | | Male Characters: | 3 | | Female Characters: | 3 | | Androgynous Characters: | Not Available | | Minimum Cast: | Not Available | | Maximum Cast: | Not Available | | Cost: | FEE: $50 per performance
Royalty/cost information prone to change.
Please check with the publisher for the most accurate information. | | Publisher: | Dramatists Play Service
Click on the publisher's name above for additional information, including updated prices. | | ISBN: | Not Available |
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