The Last Barbecue
Play Description
An audacious and dark comedy about a ten-year reunion of a son’s high school graduation that coincides with the one-year anniversary of the next-door neighbor’s death.
Production Info
Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male)Full Length Comedy (about 85 minutes)
Single Set
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes
About the playwright:
“Perhaps the city’s closest equivalent to a young [David] Mamet.” —Chris Jones, The Chicago Tribune
“One of the most prolific, intelligent, and innovative playwrights to write in Chicago in years, maybe decades.” —Jack Helbig, PerformInk
“The bard of midwestern angst.” —Lucia Mauro, Chicago Magazine
“Make no mistake. This is an author worth watching, and listening to.” —Michael Phillips, The Chicago Tribune
About the play:
“Nobody can accuse Brett Neveu’s likable dark comedy THE LAST BARBECUE of being talky. Most of the time its five characters speak in short, seemingly innocuous sentences … They seem largely ill at ease with one another. And it’s amazing how much they convey.” —Anita Gates, The New York Times
“Chicago playwright Brett Neveu understands the importance of silence: THE LAST BARBECUE contains some of the most beautiful, pregnant, well-orchestrated silences this side of Harold Pinter. And like Pinter’s pauses, Neveu’s contain a universe of unexpressed feeling, of half-hidden resentments and regrets.” —Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader
Author(s)
Brett NeveuBrett Neveu's work has been produced by a number of theaters, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, A Red Orchid Theatre, Strawdog Theatre Company, TimeLine Theatre Company, American Theater Company, Spring Theatreworks, Aardvark Theatre and 29th Street Rep. He has developed plays with The New Group, Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Victory Gardens Theater, The 42nd Street Workshop Theater, Marin Theatre Company and is a resident-alum with Chicago Dramatists. He has been commissioned by The Royal Court Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club (Sloan Commission), Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, TimeLine Theatre Company, Writers' Theatre and Strawdog Theatre. Mr. Neveu is the recipient of The Goodman Theatre's Ofner Prize for New Work and the Emerging Artist Award from The League of Chicago Theatres. He is also an ensemble member of A Red Orchid Theatre. Several of his plays have been published through Broadway Play Publishing. Mr. Neveu has taught writing at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Second City Training Center.
Book Information
| Publisher | BPPI |
|---|---|
| Publication Date | 9/1/2007 |
| Pages | 80 |
| ISBN | 9780881453522 |
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:
First produced by Asylum Theater, Las Vegas
In addition, the following must appear within all programs distributed in connection with performances of the Play:
by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC
www.broadwayplaypub.com
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