The Crowd You're in with: A Play - Softcover

Gilman, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810126443 ISBN 13: 9780810126442

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 2009

Synopsis

A Fourth of July backyard barbecue is the setting for Rebecca Gilman's new play, "The Crowd You're in With", a funny, thought-provoking, ultimately disquieting exploration of the question of whether to have children. Melinda and Jasper, the hosts, are deeply divided by the issue; Tom and Karen, their landlords, decided long ago to remain childless; Windsong and her husband, Dan, are expecting a baby. As the play progresses, the motivations of these characters reveal themselves as ever more complex. Even as the characters often speak in very practical terms about their decisions, Gilman never loses sight of the mystery underlying a life-shaping decision guided by both rational thought and biological imperative, which ultimately speaks to the even larger question of free will and determinism faced by every person.

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Review

"Rebecca Gilman [writes] bright dialogue and neatly etched characters...." --Variety

About the Author

Rebecca Gilman's plays include Dollhouse, Spinning into Butter, Boy Gets Girl, Blue Surge, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, and The Glory of Living. Her plays have been produced at the Goodman Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater, Joseph Papp's Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Manhattan Class Company Theater. Among other honors and awards, she is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her play The Glory of Living was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. Gilman is an assistant professor of playwriting and screenwriting in the MFA program at Northwestern University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0810126443
• ISBN 13: 9780810126442
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96