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David Steen Full Length Dark Dramatic Comedy3m, 1f Various Settings/Unit Set Described as “a sideways look at the American dream,” Avenue A is the gripping tale of an ex-con struggling to create his own family of misfits as an old prison buddy mysteriously returns for one final visit. It is a carefully crafted and mordantly funny look at rebirth amidst urban decay. Avenue A has been greeted with tremendous praise from audiences and critics alike. "A frayed nerve of a drama...poke your head in and take a long sickening look at the freaks." The New York Times "Steen's play is lean and mean. This psychological study is powerful drama, not dull textbook stuff." Backstage NY "Avenue A is a jewel of a play crafted with uncanny precision." InTheater NY "Steen's in-your-face play about a collection of misfits looking sideways at the American dream. It's lean, mean, tender and darkly humorous. This is a show without an ounce of fat." The Daily Breeze LA “Steen’s depiction of convict-mentality dragged down to its most primitive level and still graced with human attributes is so astute, you feel the author must have leapt the prison walls in order to provide it.” Los Angeles in Review “It’s not often a playwright can create a completely original, startlingly genuine world.” LA Daily News “Avenue A is loaded with enough kick-out-the-jams acting possibilities that it’s surprising it took this long for the play to hit town.” Chicago Tribune “The year’s most memorable and disturbing new work about urban despair.” LA Times “Avenue A is a play with a strong dramatic structure, an intermittent leaven of humor and insight into the hopes and fears of four young people trying to put their lives in order” Dramalogue FEE: $75 per performance.
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