Fuddy Meers (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) - Softcover

David Lindsay-Abaire; Lindsay-Abaire, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822217511 ISBN 13: 9780822217510

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, 2000

Synopsis

When Fuddy Meers opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club in the fall of 1999, it earned the kind of raves that a promising young playwright dreams about. Writing in the New York Observer, John Heilpern called him some kind of comic genius. And after its sold-out run at MTC, the play moved downtown to the Minetta Lane Theatre for an open-ended commercial engagement.

Fuddy Meers revolves around an amnesiac, Claire, who wakes up every morning as a blank slate, on which her family must imprint the facts of her life. On this particular day, the shenanigans begin with Claire being abducted by a limping man who claims to be her brother trying to save her from her evil husband. They drive to the home of her mother, who has had a stroke that left her aphasic (her attempt to say funny mirrors provides the play's title. The ensuing mayhem is both deliriously funny and oddly touching.

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About the Author

David Lindsay-Abaire received a Heilpern Award as the Most Promising Dramatist of 1999, and Fuddy Meers was nominated for several awards, including the prestigious John Gassner Playwrighting Award. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Julliard School's American Playwrights Programs, he lives in Brooklyn.

Review

A deftly zany absurdist comedy...hilarious...wicked fun... -- The Evening Times

Edition details

• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0822217511
• ISBN 13: 9780822217510
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72