| Freedomland | |
|---|---|
| Date premiered | November 1997 |
| Place premiered | South Coast Repertory |
| Genre | Comedy |
Freedomland is a 1998 comedy play written by Amy Freed. The plot revolves around the family reunion of the Underfingers gone wrong. [1] It was finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [2] [3]
Freedomland was produced Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, running from December 16, 1998 to January 3, 1999. Directed by Howard Shalwitz, the cast featured Veanne Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, and Heather Goldenhersh. [4] The "darkly satiric comedy" premiered at the South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in November 1997. The title is based on the "name of a Wild West theme park in the Bronx, where Freed grew up." [5]
References
- ^ Brantley, Ben (17 December 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; in a Family This Skewed, Those Ids Run Amok". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Drama" pulitzer.org, accessed November 9, 2015
- ^ "Drama's Amy Freed a Pulitzer finalist" Stanford Report, April 15, 1998
- ^ "Freedomland Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed January 1, 2016
- ^ Simonson, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. "Playwrights Horizons Ventures To Freed's 'Freedomland' Nov. 27" Playbill, November 26, 1998
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| Freedomland | |
|---|---|
| Date premiered | November 1997 |
| Place premiered | South Coast Repertory |
| Genre | Comedy |
Freedomland is a 1998 comedy play written by Amy Freed. The plot revolves around the family reunion of the Underfingers gone wrong. [1] It was finalist for the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. [2] [3]
Freedomland was produced Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons, running from December 16, 1998 to January 3, 1999. Directed by Howard Shalwitz, the cast featured Veanne Cox, Jeffrey Donovan, and Heather Goldenhersh. [4] The "darkly satiric comedy" premiered at the South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, California, in November 1997. The title is based on the "name of a Wild West theme park in the Bronx, where Freed grew up." [5]
References
- ^ Brantley, Ben (17 December 1998). "THEATER REVIEW; in a Family This Skewed, Those Ids Run Amok". The New York Times.
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize Drama" pulitzer.org, accessed November 9, 2015
- ^ "Drama's Amy Freed a Pulitzer finalist" Stanford Report, April 15, 1998
- ^ "Freedomland Off-Broadway" lortel.org, accessed January 1, 2016
- ^ Simonson, Robert and Lefkowitz, David. "Playwrights Horizons Ventures To Freed's 'Freedomland' Nov. 27" Playbill, November 26, 1998
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