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Jordan Harrison 4m, 2f Comedy Unit Set Doris to Darlene, A Cautionary Valentine: In the candy-colored 1960s, biracial schoolgirl Doris is molded into pop star Darlene by a whiz-kid record producer who culls a top-ten hit out of Richard Wagner's "Liebestod." Rewind to the candy-colored 1860s, where Wagner is writing the melody that will become Darlene's hit song. Fast-forward to the not-so-candy-colored present, where a teenager obsesses over Darlene's music -- and his music teacher. Three dissonant decades merge into an unlikely harmony in this time-jumping pop fairy tale about the dreams and disasters behind one transcendent song. ”Doris to Darlene: A Cautionary Valentine is a quirky and enjoyable love letter to music and its seductive power to make us lose ourselves…Harrison's language is by turns so punchy, poetic and observant.” NY Daily News “Mr. Harrison’s play has an affectionate, music-loving heart.” New York Times “Doris to Darlene has much going for it: Harrison’s intelligence, originality and passion.” Time Out New York “Harrison’s teasing, rapturous chamber opera of a play spins and crackles like a beloved old 78 under a bamboo needle...Doris to Darlene is that rare thing: a rarefied theatrical experiment that has the glow of pure entertainment and the warmth of a folktale.” Newsday Jordan Harrison is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient FEE: $75 per performance. Click below for additional materials:
Doris to Darlene (Logo Pack) Other Jordan Harrison titles available from Samuel French include:
Amazons and Their Men About the authorJordan is currently working on a musical for Ars Nova, a children’s play for the Arden Theatre, as well as plays for Actors Theatre of Louisville/Berkeley Rep and Playwrights Horizons. Jordan Harrison’s plays include Futura, Doris to Darlene, Amazons and Their Men, Act a Lady, Finn in the Underworld, The Museum Play, and Kid-Simple. His work has been produced at Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Rep, Clubbed Thumb, Portland Center Stage, and the Humana Festival. Jordan is the recipient of a 2009 Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, the 2008 Kesselring Fellowhip, the Heideman Award, a Theater Masters’ Innovative Playwright Award, Jerome and McKnight Fellowships, and a NEA/TCG Playwright in Residence Grant. A graduate of the Brown MFA program, he is a resident playwright at New Dramatists.
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