The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Full Length Play, Drama / 1f
"This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you..."
The Year of Magical Thinking
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Cast Size
1fDuration
90 minutesSubgenre
Adaptations (Literature), BiographyAccolades
From BroadwayTarget Audience
- Adult
Additional Info
In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief...a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.
Reviews
REVIEWS
"The passion lies underneath...this quirky, defiantly literary play...Her writing sounds like an out-of-body experience." - Washington Post, Read More
Considerations
Performing Groups
- Community Theatre
- Professional Theatre
- Senior Theatre
- Shoestring Budget
Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
License details
- Minimum Fee: $75 per performance
Production
Details
- Time Period: Contemporary, New Millennium/21st Century
- Duration: 90 minutes
- Additional Features: No intermission
- Features / Contains: Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
Music
- Musical Style: N/A (Not a musical)
- Vocal Demands: N/A (Not a musical)
- Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)
Casting
1fCast Attributes
- All Female
- Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
- Parts for Senior Actors
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Authors
Joan Didion
Born in California and a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Didion has spent her adult life in New York and Los Angeles. Winner of the 2005 National Book Award,
View full profileThe Broadway production of The Year of Magical Thinking opened at the Booth Theatre starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare.
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