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Sideways

Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy  /  4w, 3m

Rex Pickett

“A sublime variation on the buddy road movie, infusing the midlife crises of the two main protagonists with hope and poetry.” - New York Post

Sideways

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 3m
  • Duration
    Duration
    120 minutes (2 hours)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Adaptations (Literature), Adaptations (Stage & Screen)
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
A wine-tasting road trip to salute the final days of bachelorhood careens woefully sideways as two friends hit the gas en route to mid-life crises. The comically mismatched pair, who share little more than their history and a heady blend of failed potential and fading youth, soon find themselves drowning in wine and women. Emerging from a haze of Pinot Noir, wistful yearnings, and trepidation about the future, the two inevitably collide with reality.

History
Sideways premiered at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, CA in May 2012 under the direction of Amelia Mulkey.
Keywords
Performing Groups
MILES - 39, introverted, intellectual. 
JACK - 40, ebullient, extroverted.
MAYA - 35, intuitive, deep, soulful. 
TERRA - late 20's/early 30's, coquettish. 
PHYLLIS / CHARLIE / EVELYN
LISSY / ROSIE / VICTORIA 
CHRIS / DARYL / POURER
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Setting The Santa Ynez Valley, California. 1999.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 120 minutes (2 hours)
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol
    • Strong Language
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“Hysterically funny yet melancholy comedy.” – Hollywood Reporter

“Every word is pure prose poetry... should be high on your list of plays to see.” – Santa Monica Mirror

“A sublime variation on the buddy road movie, infusing the midlife crises of the two main protagonists with hope and poetry.” – New York Post

“More involvingly intimate than the movie.” – LA Weekly

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  • Minimum Fee: $120 per performance

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Rex Pickett

Rex Pickett

Rex Pickett is the critically-acclaimed author of the novel Sideways, upon which the Oscar-winning Alexander Payne film of the same title was adapted. Not only did the film win over 350 awards from major critics and awards organizations and completely change the wine world, t ...

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