Suggestibility
Description
Dating on the job and Internet dating — both exciting and risky. But mix the two together — WOW! A dark comedy.
Production Info
Full Length Dark Comedy (about 100 minutes)
Multiple Sets
Contemporary Costumes
Press Quotes
“Klein is a proven talent with an inarguable comic facility and a knack for sparkling one liners. You’ll find much to entertain in this … funny endeavor.” —Los Angeles Times
“In Jon Klein’s dark comedy, three young stockbrokers play out a lethally competitive erotic triangle. Chad seems at first to be merely a boorish seducer but soon emerges as a manipulator extraordinaire, part Iago and part Sammy Glick. He resents coworker Kenneth, who out-performs him as a salesman, despite Kenneth’s pathologically timid, introverted nature. Kenneth’s remoteness and his obsession with a woman he has met only on the internet present an irresistible romantic challenge to Shawn, who artfully penetrates his defenses and becomes his lover. Chad wants both Shawn and Kenneth’s job, and uses all his wiles to undermine them and their relationship viasuggestion and disinformation. It’s a slickly written tale of psychic skullduggery.” —Neal Weaver, L A Weekly
“Critic’s Choice.” —Backstage West
“May I suggest SUGGESTIBILITY?” —K A B C & Beverly Hills Outlook
“Highly Recommended.” —The Tolucan
Author
Jon KleinJon Klein is the author of over thirty produced plays, produced Off-Broadway and at many prestigious regional theatres, including Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage in D.C., Arden Theatre in Philadelphia, Center Stage in Baltimore, South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Alley Theatre in Houston, A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle, Seattle Children's Theatre, and many others. He is probably best known for his play T BONE N WEASEL, which has received over a hundred productions at regional theatres throughout the US, and which he adapted for a TNT Network film, starring Gregory Hines and Christopher Lloyd. T BONE N WEASEL received several awards after its premiere at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, including an HBO Playwrights USA Award. Jon is also the author of the only authorized stage adaptation of the famous children's book BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, which has received over a hundred productions in the US and Canada, including a national tour. The critically acclaimed (and Helen Hayes nominated) YOUNG ROBIN HOOD recently received its world premiere at the Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda, MD. DIMLY PERCEIVED THREATS TO THE SYSTEM (finalist for the American Theatre Critics' Association Award, at Arena Stage, South Coast Rep and many others) and BETTY THE YETI (another entry at the Humana Festival in Louisville) also continue to be frequently produced. Two recent plays, SUGGESTIBILITY and WISHING WELL, recently premiered at the Victory Theatre in Burbank. Other plays that have received major productions around the country include OCTOPUS (Contemporary American Theatre Festival, WV), PEORIA (Woolly Mammoth Theatre, DC), SOUTHERN CROSS (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta), THE EINSTEIN PROJECT (co-authored with Paul D'Andrea, at Berkshire Theatre Festival, Stockbridge), FOUR OUR FATHERS (A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle), THE RED AND THE BLACK (adaptation of the Stendhal novel, also at A Contemporary Theatre), and LOSING IT (winner of the Dramatists Guild/CBS New Play Award, Off-Broadway and at Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Chicago). Jon is married to Laura Annawyn Shamas, playwright, essayist and mythologist.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 8/1/2007 |
| Pages | 80 |
| ISBN | 9780881453409 |
Special Notes
Originally produced by the Victory Theater, Los Angeles
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypublishing.com