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Sexual Perversity in Chicago

Short Play, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Winner! 1976 Obie Award for Best New American Play

"Mamet has the most acute ear for dialogue of any American writer since J.D. Salinger." - The Village Voice

Sexual Perversity in Chicago

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult
Accolades
Accolades
  • Winner! 1976 Obie Award for Best New American Play

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Summary

The Obie award-winning Sexual Perversity in Chicago "takes funny and painful digs at the fantasies and distances of the contemporary sexual game," according to The New York Times. Two male office workers, Danny and Bernie, are on the make in the swinging singles scene of the early 1970s. Danny meets Deborah in a library, and soon they are lovers as well as roommates. The other couple, Bernie and Joan, seem to have the politics of sex down pat, but are as confused as their more naive counterparts. After much comic drama, the two men end as they started, talking a good game in the local bar.

Published with The Duck Variations.

Cast Attributes
DAN SHAPIRO
BERNARD LITKO
DEBORAH SOLOMON
JOAN WEBBER
  • Setting North Side of Chicago.
  • Duration 60 minutes (1 hour)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Intense Adult Themes

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REVIEWS

"Mamet has the most acute ear for dialogue of any American writer since J.D. Salinger." - The Village Voice

"Marvelously observant [...] A glittering mosaic of tiny, deadly muzzle flashes from the war between men and women among the filing cabinets and singles bars." - The New York Times

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $75 per performance
    $125 with other plays in collection

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Authors

David Mamet

David Mamet is the author of the plays: Race, Keep Your Pantheon, School, November, Romance, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in the Theatre, Sp ...
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