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Birthday (Skillman)

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  1w, 1m

Birthday is a romantic comedy, sort of; it's a lovely, sweet play of connection and camaraderie. Skillman picks up details of the trappings of our lives and makes them sing resonantly. - NYTheatre.com

"Skillman creates a short …

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    1w, 1m

Details

Summary

In Birthday, an anxious young woman slips away from a unwelcoming birthday party in a bar only to discover a stranger sitting in the other room. Confiding old secrets and past mistakes as the party rages nearby, they find they may have a chance to forgive themselves and each other.

LEILA - 29
KYLE - 31
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes
    • Smoking

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REVIEWS

"Birthday is a romantic comedy, sort of; it's a lovely, sweet play of connection and camaraderie. Skillman picks up details of the trappings of our lives and makes them sing resonantly. " - NYTheatre.com

"Skillman creates a short masterpiece where the running theme is that it is never too late to follow your dreams." - Fringe Review

"As Birthday deftly shows, New York is definitely a place where one can find the urge to scream out one's life to total strangers out of sadness and desperation...it's also a town where sometimes you can find someone who'll listen." -- James Comtois, JameSpeak.com

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    Crystal Skillman BIRTHDAY

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: $55 per performance
    $90 with other plays in collection

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Authors

Crystal Skillman

“A playwright of growing downtown renown, Ms. Skillman seems to be acquiring something suspiciously Midtown: polish.” – Andy Webster, New York Times

“Besides its intrinsic worth, Open should bring more attention to a pair of downtown’s most bracing talents... If anything, Op ...

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