Paris is Dead is by far my best play. In fact, if I ever see it produced properly, it might very well be a “so long and thanks for the fish because my work is done here” moment. There are lots of plays I want to write but this play is the only one I needed to write. Once produced, I might call it a day and retire to the beach. Again.
Synopsis:
The play is divided into three single-scene acts. In the first act, via three interwoven monologues, ANDREW, THOMAS, and PATRICK (played by women) independently offer accounts of an event that took place in a Paris hostel that deeply affected all of them. The second act presents a drunken debate between CALEB, ANDREW, and PATRICK that occurs on the night of the event discussed in the first act. In the third act, three siren-like women discuss and clarify the events recounted in the first act and they articulate the perspective of a woman who, until this point, has only been described by others. The play concludes with a piece of movement between MALE and FEMALE which expresses a solution to the problem with which the play wrestles. The play is a challenging and original examination of personal identity, power-relations between the genders, and love.
For more of my plays, click here.
ottawadiva
July 2, 2009
The girls in Paris wear tights and tunics now, with leather bombers. Though with the mention of Linda Ronstadt and the millenium, I gather this play was penned a few years back? Sweaters and jeans it is.
Great play. It’s making me think. I want to see it on stage.
sterlinglynch
July 3, 2009
Thanks for reading and I am pleased you enjoyed it. Sounds like a good look.
Yes, the time in France discussed goes back a few years. When did the Blue Jays win the World Series for the second time …. ?