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Neena Beber
Full Length, Drama
2 m, 1 f
Three bright urbanites want to make their mark on the world. Paul, a master of irony and distance, is a hardworking film maker on the rise. His girlfriend Karen, a grad student, must get on with her thesis or find a life outside of academia. Dave, a life long buddy whose brilliance is being consumed by increasingly severe episodes of manic depression, is camping on Paul's couch. Paul and Karen decide to turn Paul into a documentary. The camera is on 24 hours a day, capturing up close images of his jags and torpors and their responses. How far will love, friendship and ambition take this hip trio?
"Could not be more timely.... Fearlessly dives into provocative issues and ideas."-Washington Times "Savvy, solid play ... about our fascination with victims and voyeurism, ... friendship and ambition, striving and its worth. Beber builds her characters ... carefully with efficient and graceful layers of personalities and ideas.... An accomplished piece of work structurally sound, snappily written and shot through with humor."-Washington City Paper "Fresh and compelling ... clever and witty."-Arlington Weekly News "A sharp, funny, heartbreaking play that just pulls you in."-Montgomery Community Television "Quick and sharp ... [with] something to say about the emotional environment we live in."-The Georgetowner "A remarkable, absorbing, complex and intelligent play."-Variety
Winner of the L. Arnold Weissberger Award.
FEE: $75 per performance.
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