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Fiction

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  2w, 1m

"A provocative spin on the eternal love triangle." - Variety

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 1m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary

Linda and Michael Waterman are both successful fiction writers, happily married to one another. They thrive on the give and take of their unusually honest and candid relationship. However, when Linda is diagnosed with a tumor, she asks her husband to share his diaries with her. The entries dive into Michael's past stay at a writer's retreat and a hidden affair. Michael says that his entires are only works of fiction. The boundaries between past and present, fact and fiction, trust and betrayal begin to break down, and that's all before Michael reads Linda's diaries. No life, as it turns out, is an open book.

History

Fiction premiered at ACT Theatre in Seattle, WA in May of 2002 under the direction of Steven Dietz.

LINDA WATERMAN - a woman in her mid-forties
MICHAEL WATERMAN - her husband, same age
ABBY DRAKE - a woman in her mid thirties
  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting The present and before. Various American cities. And Paris.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

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REVIEWS

"A work of uncommon insight; an adult, unsparing and yet often witty look at the intimate relationship between a man and a woman during a time of crisis." - The Associated Press, Read More

"Everything about the play has an elegance and richness our theater sees too seldom." - The New York Daily News, Read More

"A provocative spin on the eternal love triangle." - Variety, Read More

"Steven Dietz's jigsaw puzzle story is a quotable feast." - Curtain Up, Read More

RELATED ARTICLES ON BREAKING CHARACTER 

Tightly Wound, Witty & Mysterious: Steven Dietz's Fiction 
by Garrett Anderson 
December 8, 2016

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    Scene from Amphibian Stage's production of Fiction

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  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Authors

Steven Dietz

Steven Dietz’s 30+ plays and adaptations have been seen at over 100 regional theatres in the United States, as well as off-Broadway. International productions have been seen in over 20 countries. His work has been translated into a dozen languages. In 2019, Dietz was once aga ...

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