Teddy Ferrara (NHB Modern Plays) - Softcover

Christopher Shinn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848425295 ISBN 13: 9781848425293

Publisher: Nick Hern Books, 2015

Synopsis

It's Gabe's senior year and he's going to make the most of it. He's the chair of the LGBTQ Students Group, and he has one eye on a future in politics and one eye on Drew, the editor of the university newspaper. But as Gabe and his friends throw themselves into campus life, unexpected events reveal a darker, lonelier world inhabited by a freshman called Teddy Ferrara.

Teddy Ferrara is an insightful and revealing play which, inspired by real events, explores society's uncomfortable embrace of the outsider. It had its UK premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in 2015, in a production directed by Dominic Cooke.

About this title

Review:

A fierce tale of homophobia on campus... the play has a passionate sincerity that demolishes the myth that we live in a cosy world of sexual tolerance. --Guardian

Excellent... really does sound alarm bells... clever and salutary... tart and touching...saying a lot about American society. --whatsonstagecom

Challenging and highly charged... probing, problematic... painfully and poignantly well observed. --The Stage

About the Author:

Christopher Shinn had has the UK premieres of five of his other plays at the Royal Court, London, including Dying City (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Now or Later (nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play), Where Do We Live (Obie Award for Playwriting) and Four.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1848425295
• ISBN 13: 9781848425293
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96