American Sligo
Play Description
Art “Crazy Train” Sligo (Slee-go), all-star wrestling legend, is about to retire. His two sons, his sister-in-law, his greatest fan, and a few unexpected guests gather on the eve of his final match for his last supper, but things just can’t seem to stop going wrong in the Sligo home.
Production Info
Cast: 7 total (3 female, 4 male)Full Length Drama (about 90 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
“… Adam Rapp’s brutal and funny play … The play’s aesthetic — realism with a dash of exaggerated dark humor, detailed observations of the pop-culture world delivered with energy and immediacy — are familiar from Mr Rapp’s recent work in many forms. In the last few years alone they have included the play RED LIGHT WINTER, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as a fine small film he wrote and directed, Winter Passing, and a witty coming-of-age novel, Year of Endless Sorrows. AMERICAN SLIGO … bolsters his reputation as a writer … as a writer he veers in a few unexpected directions, with new characters popping up, and others revealing surprising layers …” —Caryn James, The New York Times
“… AMERICAN SLIGO, his latest attack on the moral values and social conventions that define the American way of life … Rapp hits his stride in the razor-cut pieces of dialogue …” —Marilyn Stasio, Variety
Book Information
Publisher | BPPI |
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Publication Date | 11/1/2008 |
Pages | 74 |
ISBN | 9780881453904 |
Special Notes
If original stage producers credits appear in bold below, all licensees are required to include them in the following form on the title page in all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play and in all advertising in which the full cast appears in size of type not less than ten percent (10%) of the size of the title of the Play:
Originally produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, New York
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