Cagelove
Play Description
Sam’s fiancée, Katie, has been raped by a former lover. Or has she? With a wedding date looming, Sam fights to save their now fragile relationship, even while undertaking a desperate search to uncover Katie’s secret past. Whispers become certainty, certainty becomes obsession, and Sam must decide: How far is too far for love?
Production Info
Cast: 3 total (2 female, 1 male)Full Length Drama (about 75 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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“CAGELOVE is a compulsively watchable mix of melodrama and horror.” —New York Times
“An accomplished work by a distinctive new voice … Christopher Denham’s gripping new drama does what few new plays do: it tells the truth about a great many things … those who seek it out will have a powerful and gratifying experience.” —nytheatre.com
Author(s)
Christopher DenhamA Chicago native, Christopher Denham's film credits as an actor include: Ben Affleck's Argo (Academy Award for Best Motion Picture, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture), The Bay, Sound of my Voice, Forgetting The Girl, Shutter Island, Enter Nowhere, Restive, Duplicity (alongside Julia Roberts and Clive Owen), Charlie Wilson's War, Camp Hell, and El Camino. He made his feature directorial and writing debut with the IFC Films distributed Home Movie, starring Adrian Pasdar. Television credits include: The Good Wife, The Following, Deception, Person of Interest, Rubicon, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit. On stage, Denham appeared on Broadway with Danny Glover in MASTER HAROLD…AND THE BOYS and in Martin McDonagh's THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE. His Off-Broadway credits include WINTERTIME and Adam Rapp's RED LIGHT WINTER, for which Denham won a Lucille Lortel Award. Denham's first play, CAGELOVE, played at the Rattlestick under the direction of Adam Rapp.
Special Notes
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Originally produced by Rattlestick Playwright's Theater, New York
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