Birthday (Skillman)

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Cast Size

1w, 1m

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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

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Crystal Skillman

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

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